• Rock

    Running to Aceyalone: Sound Gun

    I’m finally in the routine of running again. My single favorite part about running is getting to focus on the quality tunes blasting through my iPod, powering me through those 30 minutes on the treadmill (hey, it’s 105+ out there,…

  • photo of George Michael
    Live,  Pop

    Review: George Michael in Phoenix, June 22

    You know what’s entertaining to me? The looks I got from people over the last couple of months – some of them close friends of mine – when they found out I was going to see George Michael in concert.…

  • Rickie Lee Jones
    Rock

    Two from Rickie Lee

    Howard Stern had a great interview this morning with Carly Simon. Howard drilled down into her icy relationship with ex-husband James Taylor. Their mutual son – Ben Taylor – was in the studio as well, which made for an interesting…

  • BritPop,  Funk,  Indie,  Pop,  Rock,  Video

    Levi Goes *Pop*

    I was recently implored to check out Pop Levi, whose music was described to me as “Bowie meets Prince.” Ummm…sign me up! Only a year after his first full length, The Return to Form Black Magick Party, Liverpool’s own Levi…

  • Rock

    Set List: Tom Waits at the Orpheum Theater, June 17

    Because I’m super geeky about this kind of stuff, here’s the set list from tonight’s Tom Waits show at the Orpheum Theater in Phoenix. The first on his Glitter and Doom Tour, and my very first Waits experience. Much more…

  • Jam

    Spacebirdmatingcall

    “And He heard the Disco Biscuits…this-this-Jam-tronica… and He was pleased.” I hear some great stuff on Sirius Satellite’s Jam On. They’ve been turning me on more and more to the coolness that is Philadelphia’s Disco Biscuits. I’ve known them only…

  • Rock

    Summertime Bruce [R.I.P. Tim Russert]

    I can’t add anything too insightful about Tim Russert that hasn’t already been said or written over the last 24 hours, but I wanted to give my 2 cents. I’ve always been an NBC guy. One of my earliest memories…

  • My Morning Jacket Evil Urges
    Rock

    New Tunes: My Morning Jacket’s Evil Urges

    Like a good consumer, I waited patiently for the release date of My Morning Jacket’s latest (June 10), and was pleasantly surprised that eMusic had it available on Day One [For the uninitiated, eMusic is a monthly subscription site that…