World B. Free – Greatest Interview Ever?
In 2000 I went down to Philly and interviewed World B. Free, then the Sixers community Relations man, for a Slam Old School. Slam recently posted it and I really enjoyed re-reading. This is a contendor to be my favorite story ever. It ran in…
A Giant Loss: RIP Robert “Tractor” Traylor
A Giant Loss: My story looking back at the life of Robert "Tractor" Traylor is out in the current Slam, and is posted at @Slamonline.
I present it here as well. RIP Rob.
A Giant Loss
Robert “Tractor” Traylor’s death last spring left…
Self driving cars are for real
I just thought this was very cool. Certainly cooler than Google+.
"Thrun and his Google colleagues, including co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, are convinced that smarter vehicles could help make transportation safer and more efficient:…
RIP: Easy Ed Macauley. An interview with the NBA great.
RIP Ed Macauley, 1928-2011.
To mark the passing of this seven-time NBA All Star and Hall of Famer, I present this Slam Old School Interview, which ran in 2006.
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Easy Ed Macauley was at the center of one of the most important…
A nice video interview about Big In China
Pour yourself a cup of coffee or glass of wine. It's a half-hour interview, and a pretty good one I think, about Big in China. Filmed at Columbia High School and aired on local cable TV - and I've been shocked by how many people around here…
Dawes w. Mumford & Sons – “When My Time Comes”
My brother and family were here. This one is for Jesse. His time is coming.
Dawes with Mumford & Sons - When My Time Comes from WXPN FM on Vimeo.
Furthur at MSG – 11-10-11
Over the last year as Furthur, Bob Weir and Phil Lesh’s latest venture into the music of the Dead, took form and took off, I was completely encased in my own book world and not really getting out to shows. Friends who care have been raving…
Bob Weir recalls how he met Jerry Garcia, looks back at some of his greatest songwriting moments with the Grateful Dead
In honor of seeing Furthur at MSG tonight and a recent interview I did with Bob Weir for an upcoming Guitar World feature, I present a great one from the archives: a 2001 interview for the original version of Revolver magazine with Bobby talking…
I miss Dave Chapelle
Anyone who has ever watched an AndOne hoops mixtape will understand how funny this is. What happened to this man? Where is he?
Signed, Sealed, Delivered, it’s true. I have a movie deal
I can finally truly say that I have a movie deal for Big in China. It’s the same deal that we agreed to within a couple of weeks of Big in China’s March 1 release, but now it’s signed, sealed and delivered.
Ivan Reitman’s Montecito…