It’s easy as one two three, as simple as do re mi

After I carefully unchecked the songs I didn’t want uploaded to my iPhone, the computer did it anyway and I ended up with every song in my library on my cell phone. For some unparallel reason I decided to listen to all of them in alphabetical order, an undertaking that will probably take months to [...]

In defense of Super Bowl Springsteen

The day after, and you’d think I’d had my fill of reading sobby feature-length laments about Bruce Springsteen playing the Super Bowl. But this piece from the professional contrarians at Slate really takes the cake for condescension and inanity.
In it, “critic at large” Stephen Metcalf sincerely claims that Bruce should have played “The Wrestler.” This song, [...]

My Springsteen Super Bowl setlist

Clearly, Springsteen will start with a thrilling but slightly perplexing old gem that will intrigue newbies and heighten the excitement for more seasoned fans, a la “The Ties That Bind.” Then, he will segue into a more contemporary but still solid rocker, most likely “Lonesome Day,” sustaining the already-pulsating energy coming from the many genuine [...]

Thunder Bloat

I don’t know how a songwriter well into the autumn of his life can stay relevant, or if he cares to. Regardless, Bruce Springsteen has unfurled an unlikely assault of albums in the last five years, suggesting he’s bursting with some kind of creative vigor. I considered myself very lucky when I started running through [...]