Iggy Pop’s Lust for Life - In Sobriety

Rocker IGGY POP insists it’s much harder to relax now he is clean and sober - because he used to rely on smoking a joint to feel good.
The 59-year-old has adopted a healthy lifestyle, and claims the clean-living way of life is much harder to maintain.
He tells Spin magazine, “To feel good when [...]

Filed under: Recovery on February 21st, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Where has Patty Griffin Been All My Life?

This summer I found my new favorite female vocalist, Patty Griffin. Her first major-label CD “Living with Ghosts” came out in 1996 and she’s recorded several since then. Her beautiful voice and incredible songwriting talent have, for me, made her the synthesis of everything I love about all my other favorite female singer/songwriters. [...]

Filed under: Music on February 17th, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Goodbye to Free Television

I’m not a huge fan of network television, or television as a whole for that matter, but I’m also not a fan of the government using tax dollars and public property to give huge gifts to big business.
As part of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, Congress has stipulated that analog television stations, [...]

Filed under: Politics on February 6th, 2007 | Add Comment! »