When I was 18 the CD player was just starting to become affordable. Growing up I was basically exposed to easy listening radio stations, so the first two CDs I bought were Back in the High Life by Steve Winwood and Who’s Next by The Who. But at the CD store a cover caught my eye in the used section. It was this cool artwork showing an alien creature in a helmet. I picked it up thinking, what the heck, it was cheap. That album was Surveillance by Triumph, a band I had never he

One of the joys I get out of life is discussing television shows, movies, and music with my niece. I explain my favorites in intricate detail, and she looks at me with a concerning expression, as if the senior assisted-living home she imagines putting me in is closer than I think. Look, I know I am old now. Heck, I was born old. Got it. I do not understand “today’s with-it stuff.” And that is probably a good thing. At least, as far as music is concerned. A big topic of c

So my concert up in New York – not far from Greenwich, CT – got cancelled yesterday a few hours before doors were set to open. 6 hours...

On a beautiful Friday night in Atlantic City – Christopher Cross, Men at Work, and Toto performed at the Hard Rock Hotel auditorium to a...

Well, it’s finally here: KISS’ last live performance ever (or so they say). To really reflect on it, one should take stock of all KISS...

Duran Duran released DANSE MACABRE this weekend and I’ve given it a once or twice-over. It’s their 16th studio LP and it's fun, quirky,...

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away … British new wave music invaded US shores in the late 1970’s and early 80’s. And Duran Duran...

One early Sunday morning in the late winter of 1982, in my church vestibule waiting to serve mass as an altar boy, my life was forever...

Finally made it up to Rhode Island last weekend to see the Boston tribute band, DON’T LOOK BACK — which ultimately turned out to be worth...

PART ONE When I was 15, I started listening religiously to classic rock radio on WMMR and WYSP outside Philadelphia, PA. It was 1984,...