December 2009 I should have graduated UMass in 1988 but coming down with mono and picking up a couple of minors (and a girlfriend) along the way necessitated an extra semester. And really, why leave the Happy Valley in January? So I stayed around waiting for my girl (later my wife) to finish up her …
Covers of the Week 61 & 62 Red and Grey and Mallo Cup Read More »
December 25, 2009 I was saddened to hear of the passing of the great American singer/songwriter, Vic Chesnutt, who passed away last night or early today. Vic’s records had a huge impact on me. I brought out all of the following CDs while we were touring back in the mid-‘90s: West of Rome Little About …
As noted in the below post, the PTMOR blog has been getting around — to the Alps in the Italian-speaking region of Switzerland, e.g. I see, via Google Analytics — an amazing tool, by the way — that I have been getting page visits from 44 countries in the past month. We would love to …
Hey all — I did an interview with Swiss radio about the CoTW project. You can listen in. Details below: From Andrea Ragazzo: Sunday, December 13th, at 15:00, and Thursday, December 17th, at 17:00 PM, both Boston time. The channel is: Rete Tre – RSI (Switzerland) (you can listen to it on streaming on this …
Peter Gammons announced he is leaving ESPN today after two decades at the network. One of the great benefits of playing with Buffalo Tom for just a bit longer than that, is that I have had the privilege to meet guys like Peter, people who are fans of the band. Peter, along with Jeff Horrigan …
Note on 3/18/2019: As with all of these posts, this was the original, from 2009. I have seen a bunch of people post this video since I wrote this. But back then, it was not all over social media yet. Have you seen this video? It has been passed around on the web for a …
The House Sometimes, on waking, she would close her eyes For a last look at that white house she knew In sleep alone, and held no title to, And had not entered yet, for all her sighs. What did she tell me of that house of hers? White gatepost; terrace; fanlight of the door; A …
This page has gotten a bit self-indulgent, I would say; an awful lot of “sharing.” Thanks for your patience, especially those mentioned in some of the more personal ramblings. Back to a basic music blog with shorter posts, I promise. http://billjanovitz.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
[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 »