I know the local connection here is barely tangential, but two of the best shows to come through our area this past year were The New York Dolls at The Granada in April and Todd Rundgren at House of Blues in July.
Now news comes that Rundgren is producing the next Dolls' effort.
Back in the summer, Rundgren, the aging pop icon, surprised his audience by digging deep into his back catalog and performing "I Saw the Light" and "Couldn't I Just Tell You." Yet, even his most recent material, from t
Many of them were tucked away in suburban strip malls, their storefronts always the black sheep of the retail family. They were usually owned by a single lifelong music fan, someone who relished the opportunity to dog-paddle in the eye of the pop culture hurricane. Sometimes they smelled like incense or cigarette smoke. You could hear the music coming out from 100 yards away.
Most of the formative moments of my life happened inside a record store. My grandfather bought my first album, Sgt. Pepp
