Mayer Hawthorne shows how it’s done
Ann Arbor native Mayer Hawthorne waits as the familiar intro ingrained into his subconscious plays. As it wraps up, he approaches the mic in his red Ray-Bans and sings the opening lines to the Hall and Oates classic “Private Eyes.” To his right is legendary organist Booker T. Jones. To his left, Daryl Hall, the [...]
You Don’t Know Dick (Clark): RIP
Editor’s note: This post was written in January 2010. With the death of Dick Clark today at the age of 82, it seems appropriate to re-run it. If you pay much attention to the social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook (which I do, a bit too much if you ask my wife) you’ll notice [...]
Why I Ruined “Happy Xmas (War is Over)”
Dear friends, By the time you read this letter, you’ll all know about the horrible thing that I did. The holidays bring out something in me that I can’t control or explain, so I hope you’ll forgive me. I didn’t really want to do it. But I was listening to the radio, and I heard [...]
