[April 2019 update: The below essay and its predecessor were combined and edited and published by my friend, Ken Kurson in The Observer in 2013, when Ken was editor there. I would recommend reading the published piece over the below blog post. I have not proofed or edited this post since the original.] Not much …
Cover of the Week 54 Cry Baby Cry and Part II of the Miami Saga Read More »
I’m going to start off this week by putting the cover song right at the top, to save you from scrolling down if you don’t feel like reading a book. [Removed — download/stream new file at music services] I’m not sure if writing all this that follows here is appropriate. And I almost feel the …
Cover of the Week 53 Waters of March and Some Words About Losing Someone Read More »
We sold 30-something books at the Exile show last week. I can either return the balance (I ordered 50 to be safe), or I can send out signed copies. If anyone is interested, please email me at janovitz.bill@gmail.com. I am not sure how much they are to send, but I will figure $2.00. So let’s …
I guess it has been a full year of these. Not quite, as I believe it counts a couple of bonuses. I don’t think I specified that I would only do it for a year, however. And while it has not always been easy to crank one out during some particular weeks, it has not …
I am playing a regular-length solo set at the Brattle Theater tonight supporting Session Americana. Then I will play a handful of songs with that fabulous band as well, all in a beautiful room for listening to acoustic music, and now with the benefit of beer/wine. Plus, it is early enough for you to get …
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 …
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
I think I forgot to post this here, though I had posted it over at Facebook. It is a piece I wrote and narrated about my childhood friend Chris Campion for the “Here and Now” program produced by my poker buddy, Chris Ballman, for Boston’s NPR news station, WBUR. Campy wrote a highly engaging memoir …
August 2009 I’m heading out for a week of vacation. Does that mean I shortchange you, the 15 people who check this blog regularly, by taking a week off of the COtW project as well? No! I’m the kind of guy who doubles down instead, projecting ahead a week where I won’t be able to …
Cover of the Week 41 and (non) Cover of the Week 42 The Lethal Temptress Read More »
Van the Man just did one of his Astral Weeks shows here in Boston last week. Somehow, after seeing him probably five times, I just didn’t make a huge effort to get tickets. There was a lot going on. I went to go see Paul McCartney at Fenway, e.g. That was a first. And while …