In quiet recognition of just how long the Rolling Stones have been rocking audiences across the world, their latest tour is being sponsored by the American Association of Retired Persons, better known as AARP. Chuck Arnold reports for the NY Post: Call it sympathy for the seniors. In a pairing over 60 years in the […]
The Country Music Legend Who Owns a Legendary Guitar
In The Spectator, Aaron Gwyn tells the story of how country music star Marty Stuart ended up owning one of the most iconic guitars in the world. That guitar is the pull-string telecaster, or B-Bender, as they are more commonly known today, invented by Clarence White and Gene Parsons of The Byrds. Gwyn tells the […]
BEATLES AND STONES: The Rivalry Continues
The long rivalry between The Beatles and the Rolling Stones seemed to fade after the death of George Harrison, but, reports Alexander Larman, the release of “Now and Then,” a new single by the remaining Beatles in the wake of the Stones’ recently album release, “Hackney Diamonds,” proves that the rivalry lives on. Larman writes […]
Remembering Jimmy Buffett: The Oldest Surfer on the Beach
I was driving past First Beach in Newport, RI, this past weekend, watching the waves from Hurricane Lee forming an offshore break from a northerly wind. It was peaceful. And it reminded me of the song “Oldest Surfer on the Beach” by Jimmy Buffett. Appearing on the 2013 album Songs from St. Somewhere, it was […]
ATLANTIC 75: The 75th Anniversary of Atlantic Records
Mr. Records, Chad Kassem from Acoustic Sounds, is offering a new series of 75 vinyl releases in honor of the 75th anniversary of Atlantic Records. In the video below, he discusses the new releases.
Jimmy Buffett’s Formula for Your Success Is This
When Jimmy Buffett gave the commencement speech to graduates at the University of Miami, he explained his formula for success: Talent is 10%, luck is 20%, work is 30%, and passion is 40%. Hearing that about work and passion, Your Survival Guy exclaimed to himself: “So you’re saying there’s a chance! If I can control […]
Survival Guy’s Trying to Reason with Hurricane Season
“We’re initiating the hurricane protocol,” he said. “We’ll have your boat out by tomorrow morning.” “OK, great, thanks,” I said. And that’s how the call from Your Survival Guy’s boatyard went yesterday. No ifs, ands, or buts about it. If there’s a chance this Cat 5 Hurricane Lee is going to make landfall, I don’t […]
Do You Know What Stagflation, Deflation, and Inflation Are?
Have you been out to lunch or dinner lately and looked at the astronomical prices on the right side of the menu? Did you think, “With these prices, you’d think someone, anyone, would like to take my order?” Then, you get your cheeseburger, in no paradise of yours, and it’s missing one of the fixings […]
RIP Jimmy Buffett: Death of an American Treasure
Jimmy Buffett—just writing his name makes me think of a different place and time—will be remembered as a pirate who brought his listeners treasure. What a blow it was Saturday morning after learning that he died the night before. In an instant, I knew what it felt like the day the music died. My life […]
75 Years Later, LPs Still Selling
UPDATE 9.5.23: In 2023, the first company in nearly 90 years will be pressing vinyl albums in Wisconsin. Barry Adams reports for the Wisconsin State Journal, writing: CROSS PLAINS — Nostalgic sound has become a business model for Dave Eck. Since around 2008, the Madison native has owned two identical, high-tech German lathes to cut […]
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