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When the news of Michael Jackson’s death started to leak out, I was on a plane to Texas. So I missed those first few hours of conflicting reports–what I got was a flat announcement from a woman with a cell phone one row in front of me, ten seconds after the plane hit the Dallas [...]
posted 1 July 2009 in News. no comments yet
I had hoped to return to the 1988 countdown today, but it looks like that’ll be delayed another week; my apologies. In the meantime, since Phil Spector is in the news this week, having been convicted of the murder of Lana Clarkson, may I direct you to this long, fascinating email I got from him [...]
posted 15 April 2009 in Archives, News. no comments yet
Two years ago, I interviewed Millard Kaufman, then 90 years old, for Rolling Stone‘s “Hot Issue.” The category: Hot Debut Novelist. I was very sorry to hear that Kaufman died on Saturday (at age 92); he was a gentleman and I thoroughly enjoyed meeting him. My short article on him and his fully lived life [...]
posted 18 March 2009 in Articles, News. no comments yet
Some of you already know this: Scraps (Soren) DeSelby had a serious hemorrhagic stroke on Monday and is currently in the ICU. In addition to being a frequent and quick-witted commenter here, he’s a good friend; I’m fervently hoping for a speedy and complete recovery, and feel helpless being on the other side of the [...]
posted 8 October 2008 in News. no comments yet
I was shocked, of course, to hear about the plane crash Friday night in South Carolina that killed four people and hospitalized drummer Travis Barker and DJ Adam Goldstein. (The most recent press reports say that Barker and Goldstein are both expected to make a full recovery.) Everyone on that plane (and their friends and [...]
posted 22 September 2008 in Archives, Articles, News. 2 comments
Legendary record producer Jerry Wexler died on Friday. His contributions to rhythm and blues were immense–starting with the fact that he coined the term–but he ranks high in my pantheon of interview subjects for a totally different reason. Out of the hundreds of people I’ve spoken with in the line of work, he’s the only [...]
posted 18 August 2008 in News, Tasty Bits. no comments yet
