Dear Ermine, Things changed after my first son died. I changed. For better or for worse, the rage you speak of lost its allure and, yes, perhaps I became a Hallmark card hippie.
Gave away some records to a young lady last night (girlfriend of future son-in-law's brother) and played some records while they played rummy. Felt good!
He also wrote songs recorded by Nina Simone, Nancy Wilson, Shirley Bassey and Mel Tillis and themes for 'Inside the Actors Studio' and the Barcelona Summer Olympics.
I'm pissed that the local post office gave my SAE carts to another box holder and they haven't brought them back yet. eBay shows as delivered, which doesn't help me. I filed a search request at the website this morning.
As a music writer, I’m well aware there were some limitations in my coverage. I know that I didn’t write that many articles about punk bands. Some of that comes down to taste. A lot of punk s…