In the early 90s, I remember an intense conversation with my friend Rob about a goth girl he had met and was thinking of dating. He was physically attracted to her, and she seemed into him, but she hated Lou Reed. And that bothered him. “I don’t understand it,” I …

White Light/White Heat was the first Velvet Underground cassette that I owned. I popped it into my walkman and strolled out of my avenue. When I started listening to The Gift, I stopped and sat down on the steps of an insurance office… which became the steps of Marsha, Waldo, …

I found The Velvet Underground & Nico at the thrift store. I couldn’t afford new records, except from the cut-out bin at the Woolworth, but the thrift store yielded some early treasures. While my friends were learning “Stairway to Heaven” and “Free Bird,” I was trying to play the lead …

The Boston trio Krill is fronted by Ezra Furman’s brother. He wore a red baseball cap with a hoodie over it, effectively hiding before getting into their set. Vocally, he had a higher range than expected, with a bit of a Hank William whine going on. The lyrics were clever …

The biggest complaint I hear from folks, young and old alike, is that there just isn’t enough time in the day to do all the important stuff. Not enough time to exercise, plan, write, create, go on vacation, discover our talents, etc. Our collective sense of urgency in the 21st century …

We came in at the tail end of Shepherdess performing a wacky little ditty called “Fries.” They finished out their set with a couple more tunes before leaving us, upstairs at the Middle East. My date and I headed to the back of the room to the “make out couch” …