I have never in my life met anyone like Paul Dailing. This one is for him, and I’ve been waiting years to write it. Let me tell you why.| tm3am.com
This is the last Tuesday Morning 3 A.M. column. I’ve been thinking about how to write this one for a year or so, ever since I made the decision to end TM3AM at the close of 2020. Of course, when I decided to draw the curtain, I had no idea the year we would be … Continue reading And In the End…Some Words of Thanks As the Music Fades→| Tuesday Morning 3 a.m.
All right, everyone, the faster we get through this list, the faster 2020 will be over. And if there’s a year I have more desperately wanted to be over, I cannot remember it. What you’re about to read represents some of the brightest spots of my year. 2020 was marked by fear and isolation, by … Continue reading We’ve Been Here Too LongThe 2020 Top 10 List→| Tuesday Morning 3 a.m.
Things are well and truly coming to an end now around the Tuesday Morning offices. (Those offices consist of a dining room table, an office chair and a stack of CDs, but go with me here.) There’s a little sadness seeping in as I put a bow on 20 years of this thing. But there’s … Continue reading Not-Quites and Also-RansThe Honorable Mentions of 2020→| Tuesday Morning 3 a.m.
Forgive me for being a downer, but it doesn’t feel like Christmas at all this year. It’s not just the spring-like weather, either. Every year around this time I pack up my presents head east to Massachusetts for an extended break with family and friends. I treasure that time, and thanks to the wretched pandemic, … Continue reading So This is ChristmasMusic for a Socially Distant Holiday→| Tuesday Morning 3 a.m.
If all goes to plan, this should be the final set of record reviews published as part of the weekly Tuesday Morning 3 A.M. I’m not sure what I’m going to do going forward – I love writing about music so much that I might pop in here every once in a while, but of … Continue reading The Last Reviews Part TwoFinal Thoughts on Five New Albums→| Tuesday Morning 3 a.m.
The countdown continues. One thing I thought about doing in this space, as my time slowly dwindles, was a holiday gift guide. We’ve seen an extraordinary amount of lavish and beautiful box sets this year, and I have a few favorites. But that seemed like a lot of work, and truth be told, I haven’t had … Continue reading The Last Reviews Part OneElvis Costello Leads a Superb Group of New Albums→| Tuesday Morning 3 a.m.
As most of you probably know, my plan is to wind this column down at the end of the year. Which means I don’t have many of these left. With December bearing down, I’ve started to put some serious thought into how I want to wrap Tuesday Morning 3 A.M. up. (My most powerful instinct … Continue reading So Long and Thanks for All The…Fish Says Goodbye With the Massive Weltschmerz→| Tuesday Morning 3 a.m.
Well, that was something. Last week I begged every American reading this column to go vote. I can’t definitively say it was down to my influence, but man, you did. Turnout in this election was hearteningly high, with more than 146 million people casting ballots at the current count. As Frank Zappa once said, democracy … Continue reading Good Morning AmericaThoughts on This Weekend's Magic and Loss→| Tuesday Morning 3 a.m.
Today is election day, and I cannot hide my anxiety. My mental state is best described as shaky, I’m not sleeping well, I have trouble focusing. The last few weeks have felt like 20 years. I can see 2016 happening all over again, and I worry that this is the last free and fair election … Continue reading Music to Vote ByGlenn Kaiser, Midnight Oil, Michael Penn and Oh God Please Vote→| Tuesday Morning 3 a.m.
I have never in my life met anyone like Paul Dailing. This one is for him, and I’ve been waiting years to write it. Let me tell you why.| Tuesday Morning 3 a.m.
This is the last Tuesday Morning 3 A.M. column.| tm3am.com
This week I get to write about the new Choir album.| tm3am.com