Welcome to August!

As I was leaving the house this morning to head for rapid transit, I grabbed the latest issue of Rolling Stone (with The Jonas Brothers on the cover) off of my kitchen counter. My eyes did a double take scanning the cover when I saw the headline “Mark Knopfler’s Second Act.”

Indeed, inside the issue is a very cool interview with Knopfler by longtime Rolling Stone contributor Scott Spencer that goes under the hood of Knopfler’s current tour. Unfortunately, the spotlight came a bit late after most of the U.S. dates had already wrapped up, but it was a nice surprise, and a good read.

Fellow Knopfler fans should hit the newstand to check it out – there’s quite a few nuggets, even if you consider yourself a well-educated Knopfler fan.

UPDATE:

Rolling Stone just posted a link to check out an excerpt of the interview, and also a rundown of Knopfler discography essentials.

Vinyl reader Kevin says I should give the latest Knopfler disc another chance, and for sure it is on my list of things to listen to. It’s not that I don’t like the album, it is just one of those albums that has been a bit lost in the shuffle next to all of the other music that I have been listening to.

Speaking of Rolling Stone, if you missed their interview with Rush, (I know!) you can check that out here.

You might be thinking to yourself “I thought Rolling Stone hated Rush?”

Rolling Stone takes a look at the statistics on that with Rush vs. Rolling Stone: A Qualitative Analysis.

Fun fun!