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Author: Tom Phelan Archives: 09/2025

Don Felder - 2023 - The Eagles - Guitarist

The Eagle Don Felder thought was a genius: “He would have been a fabulous poet”

“Some people are blessed with some elements of genius…”

Tom Phelan
Sep 29, 2025
Talking Heads - Sam Mendes - Split

‘Once In a Lifetime’ and ‘American Beauty’: How Talking Heads and Sam Mendes studied the suburban slide

“Same as it ever was…”

Tom Phelan
Sep 29, 2025
The weirdest materials people have used to make records

What is the longest album title ever?

How many?!

Tom Phelan
Sep 29, 2025
Josh Brolin - Actor - 2024

One scene Josh Brolin will never forget made him want to be in the movie industry: “A great sequence of the trash falling down”

“What we put ourselves through to be good actors…”

Tom Phelan
Sep 29, 2025
New spider-killing worm named after Jeff Daniels

Studio 8H horror: Jeff Daniels gets stuck inside a life mask

Ouch.

Tom Phelan
Sep 29, 2025
The Folksmen- Remembering Spinal Tap's forgotten folk spin-off

The Folksmen: Remembering Spinal Tap’s forgotten folk spin-off

“There’s always somethin’ cookin’ at
Old Joe’s place…”

Tom Phelan
Sep 28, 2025
Leonard Cohen - 2013 - Musician - Adrian Thomson

The tragic story of a guitarist who gave Leonard Cohen everything: “All my songs, all my music”

“There was something about the way he played that captured me.”

Tom Phelan
Sep 28, 2025
Mel Gibson - The Beatles - Far Out Magazine

The moment Mel Gibson met The Beatles: “Will you please shut up”

“…I was actually tongue-tied and rather stunned because I was such a fan…”

Tom Phelan
Sep 28, 2025
Billy Joel - 2022 - Musician - 02

“The Champ’s Eyelashes” and the song so bad it made Billy Joel stop writing

“…the lyrics were so bad…”

Tom Phelan
Sep 28, 2025
Tony Soprano - Robert De Niro - Far Out Magazine

When Robert De Niro almost became Tony Soprano: “And Anne Bancroft as his mother”

“I want to tell the story about the reality of being a mobster…”

Tom Phelan
Sep 28, 2025
Eddie Van Halen - Van Halen - Guitarist - 1980s

The lyric Eddie Van Halen wanted to be remembered for: “Lets write something real”

“Hey man, lets write something real”.

Tom Phelan
Sep 28, 2025
The financial issues of music streaming- Why is Spotify struggling to turn a profit?

How many of the most-streamed artists in Spotify history do you know?

Big surprises.

Tom Phelan
Sep 28, 2025

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