Original: The Beatles photographed at St. Pancras Old Church gardens in London on July 28, 1968. Courtesy. So the Beatles are releasing their new single this week. I do know it’s 2023 and half of them are dead. I don’t care. Well, I don’t want them to be dead.…

Peter Frampton performs at the Concord Pavilion in Concord, California on Oct. 12, 2019. Karen Goldman/STAFF. In his 2020 autobiography, Peter Frampton declared that when he makes up his mind, “that’s it.” The iconic guitarist and writer of songs like “Show Me the Way” and “Baby, I Love Your…

Insert Foot is loving Peter Jackson’s “Get Back” Beatles documentary. Phone lines and the internet burned all over the world this week, and it wasn’t people remarking how lifelike tofurkey tastes in 2021. The hubbub was about four guys playing music more than half a century ago, as well as…

The King of RIFF, filling in this week for the vacationing founder, declares The Beach Boys the greatest American band. As of this column’s publication, our founder and illustrious editor Roman Gokhman is on vacation. That means, since I’m inexplicably the site’s Managing Editor, that I’m in charge. This…

Peter Frampton, “Frampton Forgets the Words.” While it’s pretty much obvious that society is being devoured by technology as every aspect of our lives is digitized and commodified, the internet has actually offered lots of new ways for fans to connect with the artists they love—particularly during the most…

So you know how when I started this endeavor I set rules? Five songs per year, one song per band, qualifies in year of release, listed in chronological order? Pretty straightforward, right? For 1970 I’m breaking that first one. I didn’t realize it until this exercise but 1970 was…

Ah, 1968. So long ago, so different. Back then tensions were rising with North Korea, the United States was losing more and more troops in an unwinnable war, and black athletes were taking a controversial stand at major athletic events. Wait…huh… Anyway, the music was definitely better. Like last week’s…