This is a riveting piece in the Boston Globe about the Bob Evans/Denise Beaudin/Bear Brook murders case … I am puzzled as to why investigators haven’t submitted his DNA to the same databases that were used to connect Lisa to her family members. This would seem like a no-brainer, especially since they don’t know who … Read more

The Ting Tings: Keep Your Head The Gun Club: Keys to the Kingdom Paul Westerberg: Kickin’ the Stall Paul Westerberg: Knock It Right Out Steely Dan: Kid Charlemagne The Who: The Kids Are Alright Catherine Wheel: Kill Rhythm INXS: Kill the Pain Tashaki Miyaki: Girls on T.V. Karen Elson: Why Am I Waiting Surreal Estate: … Read more

Here’s what I played this week on the Taste the Floor Show: Tashaki Miyaki: City Lily Frost: Rebound B(itch) Emma Elisabeth: Kiss of Gasoline Benjamin Longmire: Hurricane Girl The Manta Rays: Happy Now Karen Elson: Double Roses The Rolling Stones: Just My Imagination The Knack: Just Wait and See The Cars: Just What I Needed … Read more

Almost, just a few more to go … here’s what I played tonight: Liz Phair: Johnny Sunshine Tribe: Joyride (I Saw the Film) Pulp: Joyriders Blur: Jubilee Catherine Wheel: Judy Staring at the Sun Van Halen: Jump David Bowie: Jump They Say Bruce Springsteen: Jungleland Wings: Junior’s Farm Blondie: Just Go Away Cheap Trick: Just … Read more

This week on the Taste the Floor, I ventured into the letter “J” on my computer’s iTunes player. Here are the songs that the player says I heard most. I expect that J will be shorter than I was. LOL Here’s what I played this week on the show. Aerosmith: Jaded The Black Crowes: Jealous … Read more

The taxpayer’s receipt … “a giant insurance company with an army” … with billions — about $259+ billion, to be exact — wasted on interest payments lining the pockets of the rich and foreign governments because the federal government is too big, too expensive, and involved in too many things: “How $100 of Your Taxes Are … Read more

Zoe Durrant: Baloon Parlor Walls: Hesitation Nadia Reid: The Arrow and The Aim Bleached: Turn to Rage Molly Burch: Fool Hedge Fund: Hot & Lonely Emma Lachevre: Moving On Louise Burns: Who’s The Madman The Psychedelic Furs: Into You Like a Train The Psychedelic Furs: It Goes On Echo & the Bunnymen: It Was a … Read more

On this week’s Taste the Floor Show, I put together a dedication to my three-plus decade friendship with Donna Greenleaf Grzywacz, who has been stricken with ALS. Here’s what I played. Listen to the full show here. DEVO: Beautiful World DEVO: Gates of Steel The Psychedelic Furs: The Ghost in You The Psychedelic Furs: Heaven … Read more

Great column by Robert Redford here … “45 years after Watergate, the truth is again in danger” … the only problem with it is the fact the public has been kept from “the truth” for nearly the entire time since Watergate. Redford — and others — not realizing this is what is most frightening about … Read more