'the Queen Is Dead' Is Not Merely

But The Rhythm Of The Mix Tape Is The Rhythm Of Romance, The Analog Hum Of A Physical Connection Between Two Sloppy, Human Bodies.

Hometown Aerosmith Fans Are Different From Other Aerosmith Fans, And That Mainly Has To Do With Joe Perry. It's Tough To Overstate His Strange Grip On The Local Psyche. Tyler Is A Star Who Belongs To The Whole World, But Perry, That Dude Belongs To Boston.

Just As Bowie, Zeppelin, Etc., Became Rock Stars By Remaking Themselves In The Image Of The California Girls, The Go-gos Became Rock Stars By Pretending To Be The Buzzcocks And The Sex Pistols. Jane Wiedlin Always Said Her Biggest Influence Was Growing Up In L.a. As A Bowie Girl.

It's Always That One Song That Gets To You. You Can Hide, But The Song Comes To Find You.

You Can Hear The Celtic Heartbeat All Over Europe And America, From Bing Crosby To Jack White, From The Smiths To My Bloody Valentine, From House Of Pain To Marky Mark And The Funky Bunch.