• Run-DMSteve roundup!

    Today’s vocabulary word is “leverage,” and I don’t mean the TV show about happy-go-lucky con artists who police the global economy but can’t figure out how to date. I have leveraged my blog into a regular slot at www.thenervousbreakdown.com, and if you enjoy what I’m dishing out here I hope…

  • I’m happy just to dance with you: A few thoughts on The Beatles

    If you’re going to set up shop as a music writer, you will eventually have to write about The Beatles. I can’t put this off any longer, so let’s get right into it with a few words about Babe Ruth. Babe Ruth changed baseball in almost every way. In 1920…

  • Guide for the perplexed

    When I was 15 and maybe even 20 I knew what was happening. Not every note, but I knew a lot. OK, I missed something big once. Epic, really: punk. In 1977 I was offered a free ticket to see The Clash on their first U.S. tour and I turned…

  • My godlike techno powers make Iron Man look like Captain Underpants

    When I started this blog, my goals were to learn a new technology, make tons of money, and meet lots of chicks. (Two of these goals were somewhat theoretical.) Six months later, I have conquered search engine optimization. I have mastered categories, widgets, themes, and menus. I have memorized my…

  • Electric kool-aid hippie test

    My hippie friends want to know why I don’t write about their music. The reason I don’t write about hippie music is quite simple really and that reason is that I have so far been unable to explain what it is. To give you some idea of what I’m up…