I’m not going to try to persuade anyone that Bruce Springsteen is better than religion, but devotees of his music know what I mean. We talk about discovering his canon the way people talk about religious conversions. As someone I was particularly fond of once told me, “I figured you can’t be that bad of… Continue reading ‘Springsteen Still Feels Our Pain’
I keep hearing dirty, salacious rumors that Bruce Springsteen is going to play Wrigley Field this summer for his “Wrecking Ball” tour. First of all, I don’t know where these rumors originated, and second, don’t you tease me. If this is happening, I need to know the nanosecond tickets go on sale. Because he didn’t… Continue reading ‘So Is Springsteen Playing Wrigley or What?’
It’s a strange thing to feel genuine grief when a celebrity dies, yet the passing of Clarence Clemons, the towering sax player for the legendary E Street Band, will no doubt hit the many of us who know him as the lynchpin of the band that backed Bruce Springsteen. The Big Man, as he was… Continue reading ‘Saying Goodbye to the Big Man’