A’s closer Blake Treinen isn’t the only one on the injured list this weekend. My beloved Camaro is also on the list… well, on a lift more specifically, in my dad’s shop. Ten to 14…

Ride Me Back Home is the 96th studio album from the legendary Willie Nelson, and the conclusion of his trilogy of albums about mortality following 2017’s God’s Problem Child and 2018’s Last Man Standing. Ride Me Back…

A common criticism I get on Twitter about this column, other than that I hate Europeans, is that I’m stuck in the past and hate modern music. Which is true. Modern music is garbage. But…

It’s hot. After a rainstorm in the Bay and snow in the Sierras for Memorial Day, we skipped spring entirely and leapt dramatically into summer. It’s going to be in the high 90s to the…

Last week I reviewed the top 10 finishers in the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest. Hatari aside—they’re my favorite band now—I found them to be mostly bland, sappy, English-language ballads, and pointed out that America would…

As an American I’m obligated to give a passing thought to the annual Eurovision Song Contest as a sort of foreign novelty then immediately forget about it. The United States isn’t involved, after all, despite…

Reports of a gun caused a brief panic at BottleRock Napa Valley’s Bai stage on Saturday, but the Napa Police Department says it was a minor disturbance and no weapon was involved. According to witnesses…

After watching Game 3 of the NBA Western Conference Finals it’s tempting to write a column about the Warriors, but I’m not going to be the one to jinx them. So you’re going to have…

Today is Mother’s Day. This presents a wealth of column opportunities. I could list songs about mothers, by mothers of other musicians; all sorts of stuff. But I didn’t do that. Rather than pick one…

SAN FRANCISCO — Late in her four-hour show Friday, Amanda Palmer told the story of a yoga teacher who would tell her, “If you can, you must.” Her instructor was talking about especially difficult poses,…