Picture Of The Day: Roy Clark

Nov 16, 2018 | Music, Picture of the Day, Television

If you’ve never heard of Roy Clark (who died yesterday at 85), or only know him from his 24 years hosting “Hee Haw,” watch this to see what a versatile guitarist he was. It’s a montage of clips from a 1975 episode of “The Odd...

Picture Of The Day: Elton John

Nov 15, 2018 | Music, Picture of the Day

This is a masterfully-made commercial for a high-end department store in the UK…

The Concert I Walked Out Of

Nov 14, 2018 | Music

Last month, I wrote about two occasions I can remember when I walked out of a movie because it was so bad. Yesterday, my friend David Craig and I were discussing concerts we’d seen, and I flashed back to one of those that I walked out of, too. In the 1990s, we...

Best Thing I’ve Read Today

Nov 3, 2018 | Movies, Music

Andy Greene of Rolling Stone fact-checked the movie “Bohemian Rhapsody” and found several things it got wrong. Among them: The group never split up. The movie veers the furthest from reality in the build-up to their 1985 performance at Live Aid. There’s a...

Concert Review: Postmodern Jukebox

Oct 14, 2018 | Music

Two years ago, I raved about Postmodern Jukebox after seeing them in concert for the first time. Afterwards, my wife said, “We have to see them again next time they’re in town.” They returned last night, and we were there to see them put on another...

Ten Questions For Paul McCartney

Oct 1, 2018 | Music

Paul McCartney has been on a publicity tear over the last month to promote his new album, “Egypt Station.” Last night, he was on “60 Minutes” in what was billed as “a wide-ranging interview” by Sharyn Alfonsi, who opened with this:...