I so badly wish that I could remember who first sent me the link to the “Looking for the Magic” video. I’d love nothing more than to shake his hand and give him credit every time I play this song with friends and talk about magic (this happens a lot). I’d [...]

My own hometown newspaper, in 1980. It’s funny how much hasn’t changed: This basic idea–a syndicated UPI feature–is pretty similar to what AOL and Yahoo, etc. do with pop music right now. Even more seemingly prescient of our current kerfluffle is the Tom Petty blurb, which details his label/legal squabbles before capping with the gawky [...]