He's a freshman, studying music: The Chili Peppers [created tension] in our song structures but all based on emotion and intuition as opposed to knowing the math and academics of it. Knowing the structure is really fun. He&#…
How they fill out a whole hour is a big TV mystery. They're eliminating two girls and two guys. First, it's Becky who must go. Here's what I said about her performance: I find her intolerably phony. But she's doi…
Now we can finally vote, and we see the females, two of whom will be eliminated this week. Mandisa sings Heart's "Never." I thought it was tasteless and ugly, but Randy and Paula rave. Simon? Oh, he's raving to…
State Street was blocked off today for USCF national championship racing. Strangely makeshift safety was provided by duct taping old mattresses to various poles and things that bicyclists might slam into. Nobody slammed into any…
Drop City ... Gloria. I drove in to work this morning listening to an NPR interview with T.C. Boyle, who talked about being really a rock star at heart, forced to be a writer for lack of musical talent. (Hey, that's the way …