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David Hinckley

The Rolling Stones Are Now Selling Perfume. As They Say These Days, Let’s Unpack That.

In addition to a sizeable stack of Rolling Stones CDs, LPs and 45 rpm singles, I own several Rolling Stones T-shirts.

3d ago

The Rolling Stones Are Now Selling Perfume. As They Say These Days, Let’s Unpack That.

3d ago

Marshall Brickman: Creator of Annie Hall and ‘Jersey Boys,’ Player of the Banjo

Marshall Brickman, not alone, accepted the hard truth that being known primarily as a banjo player rarely takes you to the top of the…

6d ago

Marshall Brickman: Creator of Annie Hall and ‘Jersey Boys,’ Player of the Banjo

6d ago

Barbara Dane Was Definitely Not In It For the Money

From 1976 to 1988, radio station WKCR at New York’s Columbia University carried “Cowboy Joe’s Radio Ranch,” a show on which host Paul Aaron…

Nov 10

Barbara Dane Was Definitely Not In It For the Money

Nov 10

From Michael and Frank to the Delta, Quincy Jones Was a Musical Octopus

Quincy Jones, who died Sunday after 91 remarkably accomplished years, was known for, among many other things, his musical sophistication.

Nov 8

From Michael and Frank to the Delta, Quincy Jones Was a Musical Octopus

Nov 8

One More Old Guy Eulogizes One More Print Newspaper

It’s not a good look to help create a problem and then complain about it.

Nov 6

One More Old Guy Eulogizes One More Print Newspaper

Nov 6

Fernando Valenzuela. 1981 World Series. Game 3.

For some baseball players, even good ones, creating a personality can be harder than hitting a backdoor slider.

Oct 24

Fernando Valenzuela. 1981 World Series. Game 3.

Oct 24

Baseball All by Itself is Interesting Enough For Most of Us. Apparently It Wasn’t For Pete Rose.

Anyone who has ever played almost anything knows the phrase “Let’s make it interesting.”

Oct 13

Baseball All by Itself is Interesting Enough For Most of Us. Apparently It Wasn’t For Pete Rose.

Oct 13

Cissy Houston’s Music Was Not Just a Footnote to Whitney’s

The late Luther Vandross was 12 or 13, he recalled in a 1982 interview, when he first fell in love with Cissy Houston. Or at least Cissy…

Oct 10

Cissy Houston’s Music Was Not Just a Footnote to Whitney’s

Oct 10

In a Kris Kristofferson Song, a Hard Life Never Made You a Loser

Let’s just say Kris Kristofferson didn’t have the typical country music resume.

Oct 1

In a Kris Kristofferson Song, a Hard Life Never Made You a Loser

Oct 1

Remembering When Country Music Was ‘Hillbilly’ — And Was Great

I’m here today for two reasons, and the first is to say a few kind words about Gid Tanner’s Skillet Lickers, Charlie Poole’s North…

Sep 29

Remembering When Country Music Was ‘Hillbilly’ — And Was Great

Sep 29

David Hinckley

David Hinckley

David Hinckley wrote for the New York Daily News for 35 years. Now he drives his wife crazy by randomly quoting Bob Dylan and “Casablanca.”

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