These songs sound as fresh now, as they did more than thirty years ago. So crank it up, and "Dance To The Music."
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The Rockologist: Revisiting The Young Rascals (Or Was That The Rascals?)
In which your Rockologist re-embraces his Young Rascals. No, not those Young Rascals. I meant the band, silly.
Read More »Music Review: Simon and Garfunkel — Simon and Garfunkel — Live 1969
Though I wish I'd been there when it took place, Simon and Garfunkel's release of "Simon and Garfunkel - Live 1969" takes me there, magically.
Read More »Book Review: The Grand Delusion: The Unauthorized True Story of Styx by Sterling Whitaker
Why do we love to trace an empire's collapse and read every painful detail of a hero's downfall?
Read More »Concert Review: Patti Smith At The Showbox, Seattle WA, 8/11/07
Tonight's Patti Smith concert in Seattle was a transcendent experience on more notes than I can really count here.
Read More »Music Review: Elvis Presley – Elvis: Viva Las Vegas Soundtrack
The disc captures a time when Elvis stood tall and commanded respect as a true American icon prowling the desert nights in Sin City.
Read More »Music DVD Review: Jethro Tull – Live At Montreux 2003
The codpiece is gone -- thank God! -- but Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson is still every bit the flamboyant showman.
Read More »Music DVD Review: A Night At The Family Dog: A Ralph J. Gleason Rock Classic Featuring Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead, and Santana
Three of the greatest San Francisco bands of the psychedelic sixties -- the Dead, the Airplane, and Santana -- let their freak flags fly.
Read More »The Rockologist: On Becoming A Rock Critic
You know that wanna be rock journalist kid modeled after Cameron Crowe in Almost Famous? That was me.
Read More »Music DVD Review: Solomon Burke – The King Live At AVO Session Basel
Far more Sammy Davis Junior to Solomon Burke than there is Sam & Dave.
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