A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Richard’s new recording of the classic tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, Jacob Marley, and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. Happy holidays! A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

The greatest DJ ever is gone

I know we all have our favorites. People we grew up listening to and loving. As we grow older, we leave behind childish things but hold on to the memories. Some of us are lucky enough to actually meet those legends in the fall of their lives. Sometimes we find bitter...

Rethinking FM

The debate about analytics vs. old school baseball has caused me the rethink some of the things in “FM, the Rise and Fall of Rock Radio”, or at least understand the other side a little better. The old WNEW-FM jocks,(Scottso, Alison, Fornatale, Elsas, me,...

The Glider, RIP

The Mets had just won the 1969 World Series. All of New York was enraptured by this rags to riches story and every player who contributed was accorded legend status. So imagine my thrill when, in our maiden season of WLIR as the first suburban FM progressive station,...

Radical Musician Idea

Lately, I’ve gotten a lot of calls on WFAN about who the greatest rock guitarist is or was. The usual suspects get named —Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Santana, Peter Townshend, etc. What about a competition? Obviously, the...

Tonya Harding, Revisited

My reaction when this film came out was —why? A biopic about a bad woman who ordered the kneecapping of an Olympic opponent was the last thing we needed in 2018. Most of my friends agreed. But as a voter in the SAG awards, I felt I should give it a chance since...