Frampton Comes Alive
Peter Frampton
Originally Released: 1976
More than a few decades back it seemed like every high school-aged white kid in America was issued the same five albums. On Long Island, there was a bonus sixth record.
I owned most of them but even if you didn’t you couldn’t escape. None of us could and in certain precincts of the FM dial you still Continue reading
dis·course
noun
the use of words to exchange thoughts and ideas
The Internet doesn’t always lend itself to discourse so when I find a reasonable interlocutor I think it’s only right to acknowledge that. If I’ve done my detective work correctly, Steve Carr Continue reading
Light & Shade: Conversations with Jimmy Page
Brad Tolinski
In 1978 or so a classmate, Bobby P., had it all: a late-model Trans Am with Cragar wheels and a cranking sound system powering Jensen tri-axial speakers. The music Bobby blared–what was then called hard rock– featured a healthy proportion of Led Zeppelin and has never gone away even as its audience has literally gone to pot–twice.
Well, the still-living Zeps are approaching 70 and it’s time for a bit of hagiography to set Continue reading
An Honest Con 