Black Holes Emit B Flats as Emmylou Stirs the Universe

Do you know about this: the whole black-hole/B-flat revelation? It’s pretty amazing, and it’s been out there for a while (it’s, you know, out there on another level, of course) and yet I don’t think it’s gotten the attention it deserves. Even some hard-core black-hole aficionados haven’t heard about it.

As a matter of fact, Read More

Black Holes Emit B Flats as Emmylou Stirs the Universe

Do you know about this: the whole black-hole/B-flat revelation? It’s pretty amazing, and it’s been out there for a while (it’s, you know, out there on another level, of course) and yet I don’t think it’s gotten the attention it deserves. Even some hard-core black-hole aficionados haven’t heard about it.

As a matter of fact, Read More

Radiohead: Access Denied … Lucinda Williams: The Essence of Loss

Radiohead: Access Denied

Call me crazy, but there’s a Radiohead backlash brewing. It has nothing to do with whether or not Radiohead are pretentious. Of course they are. Always have been. But who cares–other than pop critics, of course? No, the problem stems from the fact that the arty English quintet hasn’t lived up to Read More

Sweethearts of the Jukebox: Parsons, Carpenter, Wainwright

Party Doll and Other Favorites. Mary Chapin Carpenter. Columbia.

Return of the Grievous Angel: A Tribute to Gram Parsons . Various artists. Almo Sounds.

Social Studies. Loudon Wainwright III. Hannibal Records.

Meat-and-potatoes rock-and-roll is officially in the ICU. Tom Petty’s latest album peaked at No. 10 and plummeted; Springsteen and the Stones are Read More