Gotta represent for my day job again. Earlier this week, a group from Consumers Union launched the Cover America Tour, a nationwide RV tour to raise awareness about health care issues in the U.S. The 114-day trip will hit dozens of towns and cities across the country, and the crew will interview people along the [...]
Last week, I celebrated the 57th birthday of one of my boyhood idols, Jonathan Richman. Today is another notable birthday: Joey Ramone, born May 19th, 1951, also would have turned 57 this year, had he not passed away in 2001. Joey was a unique figure in the Pantheon of rock greats: 6’7” tall, rail thin, [...]
The first time I saw Jonathan Richman perform, nigh on 30 years ago, he was in his “second childhood” phase, and got down on all fours to sing “I’m a Little Dinosaur.” He did children’s matinees. He refused to do any material from his seminal first album, no matter how much people begged (and they [...]
I don’t talk about my day job too much here, but this is one case where I’m willing to make an exception: ConsumerReports.org has won the People’s Voice Award in the Guides/Ratings/Reviews Webby Award category. I’ll let someone else craft the five-word acceptance speech and get back to working on the (award-winning!) site. Congrats to [...]