As they say, there is no accounting for taste. The first time I heard You Gave Me The Answer I was so touched, I cried. I was driving and almost had to pull over. His ability to infuse a sense of goodwill into a […]

Yes, the National Trust homes are fantastic. I also enjoyed the other attractions mentioned, including the Albert Dock museum but it’s been a few years. No one has mentioned the Casbah Club which is also […]

Great subject! I’m sure I’ll refer to this thread for a long time in choosing books.

When I read the term ‘life-enhancing book’ one trilogy I read recently instantly came to mind. I’m not a major science […]

Bombshell!!!!!

OMG! It’s worse than we thought! You might want to sit down.

That recent interview in the Times had at least one story I’d never heard before and I thought I’d heard it all!

There’s also an interview coming up in Mojo? Q?, I forget but it says something about McCartney […]

Thanks for letting us know. I’ll be buying this asap. I loooove these stories from guys that were there in the very early days.

Thanks to you and Lodestone for your kind comments.
There are two other factors working against HRC that I was going to mention but cut for brevity. One is misogyny which you mentioned. I have no doubt (life is […]

I had almost included in one of my posts that a number of Republican columnists have actually come out recently urging Republicans to vote straight Democratic as the only way to bring the party back from crazy […]

I’m a full-time American. I’m even related to a lot of them. What I think you’re missing is the extent to which the right wing has created an almost unbelievably distorted image of HRC. It’s so far off it would be […]

Many former staunch Republican talking heads have thrown up their hands, not just as a result of Trump but also in complete despair at the current deranged state of their party. For examples, you could check out […]

As an American who has been reading the news very closely now for many years, I have no idea what you are ranting about. I mean that literally. Your posts have been incomprehensible.

But I know enough to know […]

I’ll tell you how tired most Americans are. Pretty damn tired. Fortunately we’re also pretty damn angry and, hopefully, that will show up in the midterms.

One of the hardest things about this whole debacle is […]

It’s always nice to see some of your favorites that are largely unknown get some love from others, like Single Pigeon, Lifelong Passion and One of These Days.

But others I love and haven’t seen […]

Love it. Especially the way he sings the same line (If I only had one love yours would be the one I’d choose.) 8 different ways at the end. Not sure when it was written but the album was released while Linda was […]

God, he was cute!!!

I’ve often wondered if growing old is particularly hard for those who were truly beautiful in their youth. If so, he seems to be handling it well.

BTW, that new song, I Don’t Know, is […]

Again a movie, and again one that many might consider cheesy and overly American in these parts but I love it.

The Prince of Tides is one of my all time favorite movies, the type that I really enjoy re-watching […]

1985

McCartney playing McCartney’s Celebration from Standing Stone. One of my favorite pieces of music. Love this version.

This lovely little essay might help get you in the mood. We were in the city a couple of weeks ago to see a few shows and this sums up our experience pretty well. Keillor’s been depressed about Trump (aren’t we […]

An update from the NYT critic who panned Pepper: