For the synthesists of the late 1960s, as Trevor Pinch and Frank Trocco point out in their fine book Analog Days (2002), to be properly rec...

Perhaps because Americans are so preoccupied with material acquisition, the workplace (or office space) is essential to their lives, a locat...

The term Krautrock refers, following the concise definition provided by Michael Jarrett , to “a genre of German experimental rock that orig...

The BBC reported this morning that Rick Wright, founding member of Pink Floyd and that band's distinctive keyboardist, has died followin...

Drum roll please . . . According to the Billboard Hot 100 chart, what’s the most popular single of the past 50 years? Is it by Elvis? The B...

Artwork courtesy of Michael Easton and Christopher Shy With this post, I have the distinct honor of being among the first to announce the fo...

An ancient adage says, “The eyes are the window to the soul,” while in the Gospel of Mark the eyes are likened to the windows of the heart ...

Happily, Time-Life’s new Ultimate Oldies But Goodies Collection box set, graciously sent to me from the compilation’s producer, Joe Sasfy, ...

Previously, in my entries of May 16 , May 31 , July 1 , July 22 , and August 18 , I have discussed at length my experiment of trying to lis...

Perhaps because our society largely judges one another by appearances, clothes, weight, and hair are crucial factors contributing to what is...

In last night’s blog on the subject of “sleaze,” I said that, considered as a matter of fashion or style, sleaze does not immediately invoke...

My previous blog entry discussed the word “raunchy,” in which I concluded by saying there was a rather significant difference between the me...