Backlash
May 2023 "Backlash" is the first track on Notorious, the eighth studio album by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, and was the label's first choice for a single. The album was released in…
Sad Lisa
February 2022 First, I would like to wish you all a very happy and prosperous 2022! There is a point at which we need to fill ourselves with optimism, regardless…
MEXICO
December 2021 Christmas is around the corner and my office will be open for another two weeks or so before closing for the holidays. I would like to wish you…
CLOUDY
November 2021 CloudyThe sky is gray and white and cloudySometimes I think it's hanging down on meAnd it's a hitchhike a hundred milesI'm a rag-a-muffin childPointed finger-painted smileI left my…
Dreamboat Annie
September 2021 Dreamboat Annie was the band Heart’s first album. A reader challenged me to use this title for the September issue. Two ago, with the July 2019 issue, I faced…
Riders on the Storm
May 2021 Riders on the stormRiders on the stormInto this house we’re bornInto this world we’re thrownLike a dog without a boneAn actor out aloneRiders on the stormThere’s a killer…
Lean on Me (Tonight)
March 2021 Lean on meI'll be thereWhenever you need someoneTo share in every prayerIn every dreamYou've left somewhereTill tomorrowWill be just like it was when we were young'Cos tonightI'm gonna…
The Muppet Show: Statler and Waldorf
February 2021 First of all, I would like to wish all of you a very happy and prosperous 2021!It has to be better than 2020, an annus horribilis by just…
Imagine
November 2020 Imagine there's no countriesIt isn't hard to doNothing to kill or die forAnd no religion, tooImagine all the peopleLiving life in peaceYou, you may say I'm a dreamerBut…
The Last Waltz
October 2020 The title of this month’s column can be understood in many ways. As an expression, it has come to mean the end, after which people leave. I admit…