Give me your music, your art, your huddled masses of words and rhythms yearning to breathe free.
Dana Spiardi 
“The Greatest Tea Room Orchestra in the World” is how British journalist and talk show host David Frost described The Beatles when they played “By George, It’s The David Frost Theme” on his September 8, 1968, talk show. The tune was written by Beatles’ producer George Martin. The boys appeared on the show to promote … Read more
Oh that zany Keith Moon! His outrageous antics are legendary — from driving a Lincoln Continental into a Holiday Inn swimming pool, to flushing cherry bombs down hotel toilets. (He was eventually banned for life from all Holiday Inns, Sheraton and Hilton hotels, and many others.) But one of my favorite stories involves the night … Read more
Whose hill this is I do not knowThe owner left so long agoHe would not mind me coming, thoughTo fertilize the ground below. My donkey friend must think it queerTo see me boldly discharge hereBetween the roads and foggy MonThe darkest hour before the dawn. I give my little tail a shakeAnd pellets I do … Read more
Blah, blah, blah, say the humans. And baa, baa, baa, say I. Elections my tail! I’ve seen it all, man. Like, I was sitting in Bobby Dylan’s pad on 4th Street one night back in ’65, and he said, “You know, the masters make the rules for the wise men and the fools.” And then … Read more
When yer blogger was 16 she had her first erotic dream. Mick Jagger. A fountain. Somewhere in sleepy London town. How’s that for a teaser? Now that I have your attention, please allow me to introduce my midnight ramble about The Rolling Stones’ June 18 concert in Philadelphia, and — more specifically — the enduring … Read more