May 29, 2020 | Music, Picture of the Day
Picture Of The Day: Despite playing them thousands of times during the first half of my radio career, I was never a Led Zeppelin fan. I didn’t hate their songs — except “Stairway To Heaven” — but any appreciation I had was worn down by...
May 14, 2020 | Music, Picture of the Day
For today’s Picture Of The Day, a bunch of sheltering-at-home choral singers from Vancouver, Canada, perform a Billy Joel classic, with lyrics customized for the coronavirus...
May 13, 2020 | Music, Picture of the Day, Television
Tom Snyder was one of the best broadcasters of his generation. He could do it all, from anchoring local newscasts and one-minute network updates to hosting national magazine shows and one-on-one interviews. He rose to fame doing the latter on the...
May 9, 2020 | Music, Picture of the Day
Last year, I wrote about how much I enjoyed Sheryl Crow when she opened for Heart and almost stole the show. Obviously, she can’t do concerts during the COVID-19 crisis, so she’s followed the lead of many other musicians by recording one of her songs at...
Apr 23, 2020 | Music, Picture of the Day
A couple of months ago (when the world was still normal), Martha and I went to see the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra perform a program that included Ravel’s “Bolero.” We were familiar with the piece even before Bo Derek used it to seduce Dudley Moore...
