Mark St. John, former lead guitarist for Kiss, died Thursday morning of a cerebral hemorrhage. He was 51. He played on Animalize, where I loved what he did with “Get All You Can Take,” and he appeared in the video for “Heaven’s On Fire.” He played three shows on the Animalize tour before Reiter’s syndrome … Read more
This is Naomi Carmack of Edmonton, Alberta. Naomi was my first new friend on MySpace, and I heard from her because I had Sass Jordan in my friends. She’s a 28-year-old singer/songwriter, somewhere between Sass and Alanis Morissette, with a splash of Evanescence (but without a trace of Amy Lee’s whininess). I’ve been listening to … Read more
When I count my blessings, one that always lands high on the list is that I’ve been able to make a good living working with the English language. It entertains me endlessly. I can while away an hour at Dictionary.com just as easily as I can at Wikipedia. English has a broad duality about it. … Read more