The New England Newspaper And Press Association is changing the name of its 1st Amendment Award after revelations that the man whose name it honors lied about his World War II record. The Morley L. Piper First Amendment Award will be renamed, the org announced on April 26, 2018, after Piper...

Here’s what I played this week: Duran Duran: My Own Way (Rio) The Knack: My Sharona (Get the Knack) The Moody Blues: My Song (Every Good Boy Deserves Favour) The Psychedelic Furs: My Time (Mirror Moves) The Cautions: My Turn Now (The Cautions EP) Black Flag: My War (My War) Frank...

This week, on the Taste the Floor Show, I played this: The Aces: Stay (When My Heart Felt Volcanic) The Aces: Stuck (album version) Katie Herzig: Feel Alive (Moment of Bliss) Fenne Lily: Car Park (On Hold) Thurston Moore: Panik (MX Liberty EP) Juliana Hatfield: Have You Never Been Mellow...

So this was my Friday … I can now announce that I’m the director of communications of the New Hampshire Department of Education. I’m very excited about this new opportunity and life change. It was a great first day and everyone was really awesome.

Here’s what I played this week on The Taste The Floor Show: Wilco: My Darling (Summerteeth) The Style Council: My Ever Changing Moods (12-inch version) The Who: My Generation Lucius: My Heart Got Caught on Your Sleeve (Good Grief Deluxe) The Mamas & the Papas: My Heart Stood Still...

I went away for a quick trip during the Easter Weekend. Here’s a short video clip:

For most of my years, I knew, or realized, that I wouldn’t win a Pulitzer Prize during my media careers. I just wasn’t that kind of journalist. Yes, I’ve won a slew of a awards; I have a wall full of them. But deep down, I’m a “chop-shop” local journalist...

Here are the songs I played this week on The Taste the Floor Show: TORRES: Bad Baby Pie (Three Futures) Loud Forest: Wake Up (single) Linn Koch Emery: Come Back (single) Linn Koch Emery: Bby Nevermind (Boys EP) Gladshot: Broken Colors (These Are Vitamins) Annexe the Moon: 1,000 Miles from...