• Soul

    I Still Really Really Love You…

    The sweat is pouring off of me even though the air conditioner is humming away right above my head. It’s the end of July and I’m in Southern Illinois. Murphysboro to be exact. I’m sprawled out on my dad’s couch…

  • cover of the book Last Train To Memphis
    Rock

    Reading: Last Train to Memphis

    This past January, on what would have been Elvis Presley’s 75th birthday (Jan 8.), I was watching some concert specials and sharing some thoughts on Twitter. It then occurred to me that I’d never read a definitive biography about the…

  • Radio Daze

    Ick’s Radio Daze: KOSI Denver

    Denver correspondent Kathy B. checks in after spending an hour with Denver’s “Continuous Lite Rock” station, KOSI. – Pete Station: 101.1 FM, KOSIFormat: Lite RockType: Terrestrial (Denver, CO)Slogan: “Continuous Lite Rock”Date / Time: Friday, Feb. 19th, 2010 / 10:30-11:35 am…

  • Los Lobos in a car
    Live

    Two Times One Night: Los Lobos at the Compound Grill

    Los Lobos delivered as expected last night at the Compound Grill in Scottsdale. The wife was a great sport, and powered through two full shows with me – an 8pm dinner show and a 11pm late show. Friends Jen and…

  • Vetiver - photo by Alissa Anderson
    Rock n' Folk

    I Must Be In A Good Place Now

    I heard this song on The Loft yesterday in quite the perfect setting – driving with my wife and two girls down a road outside of Flagstaff, AZ. It was a picture perfect day – snow on the ground, green…