How would you like to see Bruce Springsteen's Super Bowl halftime show up close and free? Producers of the Feb. 1, half time show need about 2,000 "excited fans" to be on the field during the concert by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. ...more

January 5, 2009

Aside from the Rays, there wasn't a lot of good news to report this year. Fortunately, there was a lot of good music. ...more

December 26, 2008

Forget the millions on Metro, and the bus caravans inching in from beyond the Beltway. Barack Obama's inauguration is destined to create the greatest red-carpet gridlock in the history of the Federal City. ...more

December 21, 2008

As far as I'm concerned, Christmas music begins with The Beach Boys' "Little Saint Nick" and ends with Darlene Love's "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)." The rest should be locked in the attic with the aluminum tree and those Spencer's novelties I forgot to re-gift. ...more

December 12, 2008

TOM JONES: 24 HOURS (S CURVE) **½ There were two ways to louse up this album. One was to go with the studiedly retro approach, the other to go strictly modern, compressing and processing everything to death so you couldn't tell whether it's Tom Jones or Justin Timberlake. ...more

December 4, 2008

It doesn't take much to get New York sports fans in a frenzy these days. ...more

November 30, 2008

Bruce Springsteen's new single can be downloaded free of charge — for one day. ...more

November 24, 2008

Typically, only those who attend rock or country music concerts wear T-shirts like those worn by dozens of Barack Obama county voters on Election Day Tuesday. ...more

November 5, 2008

Nice guys finish first, too. Joe Maddon might lead the majors in hugs this October. He padded his lead at Tropicana Field on Tuesday afternoon, the day before a World Series for his Tampa Bay Rays. ...more

October 22, 2008

So you want to be a roadie for Bruce Springsteen's Super Bowl halftime show in Tampa? ...more

October 16, 2008