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 Trump. Yes, Facebook crackhead … Read more

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 the Way Echo & the Bunnymen: Gone, … Read more

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 been very discouraging. In … Read more

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 Roll (Summer Version) Nat King Cole: Autumn … Read more

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) The Beatles: Get Back … Read more

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 are some pictures, too.

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 neighbors think … Read more

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 girl And this, too: Anthony Weiner Reaches New Low With 15-Year-Old Girl Sexting Scandal Reported By Daily Mail

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 Club: Blue Angel Phia: … Read more

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