As I wrote 10 days ago, I’m trying really hard to stay off Facebook … it’s hard; it’s like crack … but I’m trying. I had a few notifications this morning so I decided to check them and up popped this thread of people going back and forth about Hillary and...
More G Songs and Other Stuff
posted by Tony
Here’s what I played this week on the Taste the Floor show: Pixies: Tony’s Theme The Posies: Flavor of the Month 54-40: Baby Ran The Rolling Stones: Happy Gary Numan: Metal Duran Duran: Is There Something I Should Know? Jefferson Airplane: Plastic Fantastic Lover The Raspberries: Go All...
Goodbye, Kinda, to Facebook
posted by Tony
A quick explanation on why I’ve unfriended people and will be stepping away from Facebook for the last 30 days of this election season (and possibly longer). Frankly, it’s time. For more than eight years, I’ve, for the most part, enjoyed being on Facebook. But during the last year, it has...
More G Songs, Fall, New Stuff
posted by Tony
Here’s what I played on the Taste the Floor show this week: Pixies: Tony’s Theme (Surfer Rosa) Graveyard Club: Nightcrawler (Cellar Door) Emily C. Smith: Burn (Far from Judd) Esme Patterson: Alone (We Were Wild) Colleen Green: Disco (s/t 6 song EP) Echo & the Bunnymen: Heads Will...
Some Twofers, and G Songs
posted by Tony
The Jesus & Mary Chain: Taste the Floor The Jesus & Mary Chain: Far Gone and Out Phia: Open/Closed (The Ocean of Everything) Phia: If Not You Louise Eliott: Wicked (Warm and Dead) Louise Eliott: All the Things We Should Have Done Cheap Trick: No Direction (Bang, Zoom, Crazy … Hello)...
Cheap Trick in Loudon
posted by Tony
Yes, it happened, it was quick but beautiful … Oops … Ripped the crotch of my fave jeans grabbing @CheapTrickRick pick from the ground at #NHMS. It was worth it! 🙂 #rocknrolljourno @cheaptrick pic.twitter.com/w86nJxFm2F— Tony Schinella (@politizine) September 25, 2016 Here...
Roundup Saturday: Columns
posted by Tony
Two from the WSJ today: First, Peggy Noonan: The Year of the Reticent Voter What we are seeing this year is not that unusual. I’ve seen it in the local level, too, especially with property tax overrides in Massachusetts; no one wants to say how they will vote for fear of what their...
Ripped from the Headlines
posted by Tony
Oh, this isn’t “Law & Order SVU”? No, it’s not. That’s a former Representative to Congress: EXCLUSIVE: NYPD Special Victims Unit launches investigation into Anthony Weiner after DailyMail.com reveals he had an on-line sexting relationship with 15-year-old...
Live Cheap Trick, More F Songs
posted by Tony
Cheap Trick will be performing Sunday morning at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Here are the details. Pixies: Tony’s Theme Cheap Trick: I Want You to Want Me (live) Cheap Trick: Ain’t That a Shame (live) Cheap Trick: Down on the Bay (live) Emily C. Smith: Don’t Leave Me Alone Graveyard...
Music Industry Slide…
posted by Tony
Check out the accompanying chart to see how bad things are in the music industry. I mean, we all know it; but this is crazy. At the same time, no one wants to pay for anything and everything should be “free” so … Music Industry Sees Growth in Concert Revenue