#albumsyoumusthear The Band - The Band - 1969

their faces say everything and nothing all at once

#jonpareles' list in the NYT of greatest #garthhudson recordings reminds of what a great rock group #TheBand was. It was both thrilling live and its first two albums were arguably the best first two albums by any rock group. nytimes.com/2025/01/21/art…

Today 1 & 9 pm and Sat. at noon: a show about Randy Newman w/biographer Robert Hilburn. The book blew me away, and Hilburn had a good time. (We recorded with him Thurs.) A lot of Newman's songs sound like they were written for the present moment. youtube.com/watch?v=SPhfSq…

What a wonderful way to open the Grammys tonight: a lively version (by the band Dawes and others) of #RandyNewman's classic "I Love LA". Brilliant idea!!

Wonderful News: #PaulSimon will do an acoustic tour this year--april to aug; beginning in New Orleans and ending in Seattle, with such other great cities as Austin, Nashville and Los Angeles in between. If Paul's looking for requests, I'll start with Questions for the Angels.

RIP: #davidjohenhen, one of the most refreshing and imaginative figures on the alt-side of rock, has died at 75. As both colorful centerpiece of the New York Dolls and then delightful lounge lizard Buster Poindexter, David was a marvel. nytimes.com/2025/03/01/art…

RIP: #AngieStone, the neo-soul singer and songwriter whose series of excellent solo albums in the 1990s and 2000s included Black Diamond and Mahagony Soul, died following an auto accident today in Alabama. An exquisite talent. apnews.com/article/angie-…

RIP : the great #GeneHackman. Lovely appreciation in the New York Times about the actor who never was Hollywood's brightest star, but was undeniably one of the film world's greatest talent. He is dead at 95. nytimes.com/2025/02/27/mov…

Sorry, i somehow misspelled the late #DavidJohansen 's name. (i'm so glad I had copy editors to catch that kind of typo before it got into the LA Times)..

RIP #DennisMcDougal, a fiercely dedicated and uncompromising reporter, has been killed in a car crash. Besides prize-winning work at the Los Angeles Times, Dennis wrote acclaimed biographies of Otis Chandler and Lew Wasserman. Sad Day.

Wonderful story about the fabulous #BobbyDarin by Alan Light in today's New York Times arts section: nytimes.com/2025/04/07/the…

Wonderful seeing the great #RANDYNEWMAN sing You've Got a Friend in Me and the especially timely, satirical Political Science live tonight on John Mulaney's show on Netflix.

Wonderful seeing #RandyNewman sing You've Got a Friend in Me and the especially timely, satirical Political Science live tonight on John Mulaney's show on Netflix.

Some great (and some weak) Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees. I'm pulling most for #TheWhiteStripes, #OutKast and #JoyDivisionNewOrder. Fingers crossed.

Did I just wake from a bad dream? Please don't tell me that Chubby Checker is now in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and #JohnPrine (and a hundred other true artists I could name) aren't. Lord, have mercy.

Fabulous interview with #Bruce Springsteen about his new "lost albums" boxed set. By Jon Pareles in New York Times. On now.

Marvelous review of the intimate new #paulsimon tour at Disney Hall by #ChrisWillman in Variety.

Sad and shocked to see that CBS will cancel the #stephencolbert late night show next year. For years, Colbert has been a leading voice of sanity, integrity and decency during these troubled times. We need him.