Not just another surf mix

‘You’ll never hear surf music again’
At the end of Jimi Hendrix’s “Third Stone From The Sun” he can be heard in the background saying, “may you never hear surf music again.”
That was 40 years ago, and may have been a reference to the Beach Boys after the group pulled out of the 1967 Monterey Pop […]

Comp CD challenge

A few weeks ago, features copy editor Jay Thompson said it was impossible to make the perfect road CD – a claim, I thought, was absurd. (I think I even proclaimed, “BOSH!”)
In order to prove him wrong, I offered to make him a road CD, boasting that, yes, it would be the perfect road companion. […]

Moviegoer comedians

So we saw “Knocked Up” over the weekend, and — as expected — it was a clever comedy with lots of laughs. But one of the best lines from the night came not from stars Seth Rogan, Paul Rudd or Leslie Mann.
It came from my friend Dan.
The packed theater was watching a preview for “The […]