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Library Journal called Backstage & Beyond "fascinating and entertaining" with "new insights into the genre's legends." We combined the classic rock of V1 with the new wave and post-punk of V2 and added eleven new chapters to create Backstage & Beyond Complete. eBook available now. www.trouserpressbooks.com JimSullivanInk Trouser Press Jim Sullivan

Today:

Remembering Dean Johnson and Scott Alarik, two longtime stalwarts of Boston’s music journalism community Music writer Jim Sullivan reflects on his former Boston Globe colleagues and the impact they left on the music journalism scene.

Aerosmith: Yesterday, today and tomorrow.

For Record Store Day, Aerosmith is releasing an LP of recordings made in 1971 The 40-minute LP and cassette, called "1971: The Road Starts Hear," was culled from a two-track tape done on a vintage Wollensak reel-to-reel deck owned by guitarist Joe Perry in 1971 at Boston University.

On vax passports and live music:

Concertgoers Face Inconsistent Pandemic Rules And Regulations At Shows Once again, the concert scene — nationally and locally — is in flux, caught up in a COVID whirlwind, as the more contagious and dangerous delta variant spreads.

On the live music industry and the COVID-19 Relief bill ....

Club Owners Weigh in on the Passing of the COVID-19 Relief Bill Although many deem it too little too late, members of NIVA share where they’re at heading into Phase Two.

Hey, It's Christmas-time and that means ...

Why Even Jon Bon Jovi Can't Kill "Fairytale Of New York" - Rock and Roll Globe Taking back a holiday classic for Shane MacGowan, turns 63 on December 25th

https://www.wbur.org/artery/2020/12/11/documentary-crock-of-gold-pogues-shane-macgowan?fbclid=IwAR13_eLtqzbmnQzp3Vq3a5dK_9lljNwcDfseVojJPJqHlc6xZ_VJE3nXOg0

Documentary 'Crock Of Gold' Taps Into The Chaotic World Of The Pogues' Shane MacGowan The singer-songwriter is known as a brilliant artist who created much joy and caused considerable damage, much of it self-inflicted. It’s that world that documentarian Julien Temple captures.

Sad, but not shocking. As proprietrix JJ Gonson says: "F**k COVID."

Somerville's ONCE Lounge And Ballroom Announces Permanent Closure “We can’t afford to stay. We can’t pay our essential bills -- the rent, electric, telephone,” said JJ Gonson, owner of ONCE.

Me on Harry Chapin, my dinner with him in '81, a month before the crash, the new doc and how it was made. Balancing a life of activism and music .... way before it was in vogue.

New Documentary Highlights Enduring Activism Of Singer Harry Chapin The 93-minute documentary directed and co-produced by Rick Korn follows the singer-songwriter’s drive to end world hunger and poverty.

My latest for Experience. Rehabbing basketball courts and turning them into funky and functional spaces.

These artists use basketball courts as their canvas - Experience Magazine Symbolically powerful — and playable — murals are popping up around the country

It's long been on my turntable (or cassette deck, or CD player, or Spotify or YouTube), the ambient music of Brian Eno and, to a lesser extent, Robert Fripp. There's many other entries worth exploring in the ambient world, of course, but these guys were here at the onset and now Fripp is releasing a once a week release - "Music for Quiet Moments."

During Times Of Stress, Turn To Ambient Music "At its best, ambient music supplies a quiet constancy, a tranquility that can counter the disturbing currents running through our brains," writes ARTery contributor Jim Sullivan.