Music

Still recovering from everything: the tour, the marathon, getting sick, growing up. I’ve been feeling a little better: cough’s going away, voice’s coming back. Optimism’s on the rise. I wrote a piece on The Wallflower’s new CD for MTVNews.com. Their “Bringing Down The Horse” was a big influence for me in the late ’90s. I…

It’s a long and somewhat twisted road that has led the Wallflowers back to record stores this week with Red Letter Days. The band first met the masses with its 1996 commercial breakthrough Bringing Down the Horse, an album that helped to make the Wallflowers one of the hottest groups in America. Torchbearers for a…

I’ve been sick all week. Seems like my body (as if it’s not part of me) was waiting for the first window of opportunity to force some downtime. With the NYC Marathon over, the “Summer’s Gone” Tour complete, and a momentary lapse in my bi-coastal travel, this week was it. So I spent Wednesday in…

The New York City Marathon was incredible. It was my favorite race ever, and my best: I finished in 3:56:24, over four minutes fast than last year, and some 22 minutes faster than my 2000. It had been cloudy, windy and cold for days, but Sunday morning was beautiful. The sun had not yet rose…

Me: So I assume that this call finds you somewhere in L.A. today? How’s the weather? How’re you feelin’? Aimee: Yeah, I’m in L.A. It’s a little overcast today. I was up a little bit late last night because it was my husband’s birthday. We had some friends in for dinner. Me: So I understand…

Run-DMC DJ Jam Master Jay was shot last night in Queens (see “Jam Master Jay, Run-DMC DJ, Killed In Shooting”), so I worked into the wee hours. As we started digging up videos and stuff, getting materials together, I realized just how integral Run-DMC had been in introducing hip-hop to suburban chumps like me. Got…