Howard Sounes won’t deny that there have been an awful lot of books about the Beatles and Paul McCartney. But that didn’t give him pause; he just researched and wrote one of the best: Fab, An Intimate Life of Paul McCartney. This massive, 634-page biography covers so much time and detail that I wasn’t... Continue Reading →
Robert Knight’s Rock Prophecies: Slash, Hendrix, Stevie Ray! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Robert Knight, rock 'n' roll photographer Maybe you don’t already know the name of legendary rock ‘n’ roll photographer Robert Knight. But by the end of this half-hour, you won’t be able to forget him. Knight shot the last photographs of guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan before his fateful plane crash. He took... Continue Reading →
644 Rock music producer Loren Weisman has a business message! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Loren Weisman, author, The Artist's Guide to Success in the Music Business: The 'Who, What, When, Where, Why & How of the Steps That Musicians & Bands Have to Take to Succeed in Music Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of everyone from “American Idol” finalist Michael Lynche to... Continue Reading →
Pittsburgh rockers 28 North perform Napa Valley live! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: 28 North, rock band, Mystery Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of well-mannered, heavily sedated former rock stars in the new new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! It used to be that a handful of multinational record companies and a few indies controlled all of... Continue Reading →
sami.the.great–OMG! That’s her real name. Sorta! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: sami.the.great, singer-songwriter, Nothing Left to See sami.the.great is not what I call singer-songwriter Sami Akbari. It may well be what everybody calls her, because that’s the name she goes by on her new EP, Nothing Left to See. It may also be a bit of an ironic joke on fame, although the talent... Continue Reading →
Bo Diddley interview! A Mr. Media Classic! (May 10, 1985)
Today's Guest: Bo Diddley, legendary rock and blues guitarist. (AUTHOR'S NOTE: I found this 54-minute interview with Bo Diddley from May 10, 1985 by accident after digging up the print version of the interview. The audio isn't great, but if you spent an hour with the man, you'd want to share it, too!) "I'm... Continue Reading →
ACIDIC rocks the Whiskey-A-Go-Go! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Michael Gossard, lead singer, ACIDIC Every high school has a bunch of kids that will inevitably form a band. They’ll play a mix of cool songs they like and probably learn enough contemporary dance tunes to get booked at the gym for school functions. For many of their classmates, it will be the... Continue Reading →
Singer Fly won’t let cancer slow him down! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Being a one-named rock star has been good business for Bono, Sting, Flea and, um, Cher. So why not a bald-headed, rap-around sunglasses wearing guy named Fly? FLY podcast excerpt: "I am a bit of a mystery. I've always been attracted to mystery. The Police and U2 created a sense o mystery which enticed... Continue Reading →
Michael Jackson remembered one year later 2010! PODCAST
A year ago today, on June 25, 2009, millions of people were stunned to discover that singer, songwriter and pop culture legend Michael Jackson had died suddenly and mysteriously at home in Los Angeles. His passing was met with general sadness and, yes, a little contempt from people who felt that Jackson’s questionable private... Continue Reading →
Howard Stern fave, Red Peters’ dirty songs! PODCAST INTERVIEWS
Red Peters’ dulcet tones have undoubted lulled you into listening to music that your mother would likely not approve of. The singer-songwriter takes standard, common melodies and gives them a hysterically filthy twist that makes you go, “What the f---?” And if you’ve never heard Peters’ work, let me be the first to introduce... Continue Reading →