Woodie Alan – “Meet Me in the Morning”
Live in Hangzhou. This was our first tune at one of our most memorable gigs, at Hangzhou's great JZ club. I wish I had more clips from this superb evening.
Adele- a new, old paradigm?
I have to admit that I didn't realize how big Adele was, though I have been really enjoying a few of her songs. But I came across this article about her in The Independent, thanks to Bob Lefsetz and I found it really refreshing and interesting…
Welcome to my New Blog
It's been a long time coming. but a change has come.
Welcome to my new blog, finally integrated into a reasonable website, with the able assistance of the incredibly patient Jeb Dickerson. For more info on him, you can visit howtomatter.com.…
Live Wire, Blues Power: the mighty Albert King
As I've written before, interviewing the mighty blues guitarist Albert King during my first months as Guitar World's Managing Editor way back in 1991 was a tremendous thrill. Twenty years later it remains a definitive career highlight.…
Ladies and gentleman, Woodie Alan
I always liked this guy's photos and I just came across this one, which I had not seen in a while on Woodie's My space page. It is a bad copy and the image is too small, but it captures something and I like it. Alan Paul and Woodie…
Welcome Back to Pittsburgh Jim Leyland
With Jim Leyland and his Tigers pulling into PNC tonight, it seemed like a good time revisit one of the skip's finest moments as amanager: taking on Barry Bonds. Thanks for the memories and the years of service.
"It’s oil…black, black gold"
The fine folks from Taiwan's NMA animation strike again, this time with this fine summary of rising gas prices. The lead character is a pretty insulting caricature of an American, but this sums things up in a fun and amusing few minutes better…
Beijing, Chengdu, Shanghai Here I Come
Photo by Kathryn HuangI'm very happy to say that I will be in China to promote Big in China very soon. Scroll down the page to read some excerpts from the book.More dates are being added, but I am already looking like a busy boy. Confirmed…
Portland Oregonian Review of Big in China
The Oregonian ran a really nice, thoughtful, in-depth review of Big in China last week. Here it is re-reun on the website of the writer, John Strawn.
RIP Tractor Traylor: A personal rememberance
Wow. Tractor Traylor dead at 34.
This is just very very sad. Tractor was starring for U-M when I was living in Ann Arbor in 96-98. I saw him play a lot and did a piece in Slam - one of the first things I wrote for the magazine. He…