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Until I had learned of cover subject Dave Grohl’s presidential ambitions, the closest thing I thought America had to a political rockstar was Illinois Senator Barack Obama. At a recent rally, the senator’s charisma, star power, and wildly enthusiastic throngs of fans (and the several pairs of panties…
Mark Eitzel: How Nick Drake’s Pink Moon Changed My Life
Artist: Nick Drake
Album Title/Date: Pink Moon (1972, Island)
Standouts: “Pink Moon,” “Place to Be,” “Which Will”
Fun Fact: It was recorded in a pair of two-hour sessions, each beginning at midnight on two days in October 1971.
In about 1976 or ’77, I was really into John Martyn and the whole…
