Happy Birthday to Stevie Wonder

Stevie is 60 years young today – here’s a cool clip of Stevie performing “Superstition” on Sesame Street in 1973, plus a related skit.  Apparently Stevie was JUST in the area for a couple of shows at Oberlin College (and a subsequent late night visit to Nighttown) – I can’t believe I missed a potential […]

Happy 30th Birthday, R.E.M.!

Dear R.E.M.: Happy birthday! Today, you turn 30 years young — a milestone birthday that might make your car insurance a wee bit cheaper and keep you from being carded as often. On April 5, 1980, you played your first show at a church in Athens, Georgia. Back in those days, you were a ragged […]