It’s been a long hot summer and it’s just the beginning So keep our motor running and your tires spinning So many places that I’ve wanted to be in Take me where you’re going—away, beyond, above We’ll see a little action, relieve a little tension Stuff I’d like to try that I shouldn’t even mention… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Jim Steinman
Fifteen Seconds of Internet Fame
Last week, on his 66th birthday, mr. Loaf started a two-month engagement in Las Vegas. The Guardian wrote about it on their website, and heck, they even mentioned me: To capture the true beauty of the Steinloaf collaboration, you have to visit the corners of the internet where intense musical nerds dwell. And so, their… Read more »
Seen Live: Meat Loaf’s Farewell Tour
Last night, before starting “Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad,” Meat Loaf said, We’re gonna try to make it sound as much like 1976 as possible, for you people. It ain’t gonna happen … but we’re gonna try. And he was right. It didn’t sound anything like 1976. That’s 37 years ago. That was four… Read more »
First Lines: Endlessly Horny for Wonder and Magic
If your name is Tim Quirk and you wrote an essay called Endlessly Horny for Wonder and Magic: How Bat Out of Hell Perfectly Captured the Pre-Pubescent American Id (and Nearly Ruined Me for Life) about one of my favorite albums (12 copies and counting, eventhough I prefer the sequel), well, you earned yourself 99… Read more »
We’ll Never Be As Young As We Are Right Now (IX)
I can make the music louder Or I can make the songs all fade I can make every girl just wanna get up and dance And make the boys in the band start to play (…) I can make tonight forever Or I can make it disappear by the dawn And I can make you… Read more »