Looks like there’s a chance again for much of the country to see the Northern Lights on Sunday night. Or at least to point their iPhones into the sky and see the colors they can’t see with the naked eye. I missed last summer’s spectacular, for reasons not worth mentioning. But I saw them wonderfully Continue reading

Also 40 years old this year is “Beat’s So Lonely.” I’ve never understood why Charlie Sexton wasn’t a big rock star. “Beat’s So Lonely” is his debut from 1985 and it rocks. Sexton cowrote this song, played lead guitar and sang it like a rocker twice his age. Oh yeah, Charlie was 16. He was Continue reading

Forty years ago this week, Thompson Twins proved they weren’t a one-hit wonder with their No. 6 Billboard Hot 100 hit, “Lay Your Hands on Me.” Take out the pure ‘80s-ness of the video — and yes, there’s a lot of it — it’s also a soulful song that steps ever so close the faith Continue reading