[Updated and reposted September 19 in response to this insanity.] I used to play “Rocket Man” during some solo acoustic sets in the early/mid-’90s. The only places I recall playing it are in the U.K. Specifically, I remember a set in Wales. I think this is because there might have been a recording of …
From today’s Boston Globe review of Jon Krakauer’s new book about the Pat Tillman cover up: “On Aug. 6, 2001, our vacationing president was warned by the CIA for the 36th time in eight months that Osama bin Laden was determined to strike in the United States and that recent intelligence had suggested an attack …
Kay Hanley and Lori McKenna at Hot Stove Cool Music, January 2008, with me grinning appropriately for a part time man of rock. One of my favorite pictures. Oh yeah, please let me know who took it, so that I may give credit. I am not yet convinced that Twitter is worth the hype. But …
Hey, someone asked me what a “clam” is, as referenced in my last post. Well, I assume more people don’t know the term either. So, a clam is a mistake/bad note. Old music-dude terminology. See: Buddy Rich balling out his band on a bus. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8-uoTD4fMQ] “…while you clam all over this fucking joint…. http://billjanovitz.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default