John Schaefer

Stairway to Heaven was an overnight deejay's best friend. 

John Schaefer goes to unusual lengths to preserve his old audio tapes.

Practice only seems to make perfect when you forget about it.

Politicians haven't really been listening to the songs they chose. I hope.

When revisiting becomes re-creating, John Schaefer says you've crossed a line.

Memories of Rocky Horror take John Schaefer to the Bunny Planet

Video Killed the Radio Hit

The club is gone, but not its spirit.

Gerde's Folk City was a "great place."

The halls may be closed, but the concert memories live on.

Sometimes the best part of the music is a moment of silence.

What makes a great rock novel? Same thing that makes a great novel.

Converse: sneakers to the stars.  Rock stars anyway...

John Schaefer supports your right to shoot concert video - over there.

John Lennon's foibles made him a real New Yorker

John Lennon's foibles made him a real New Yorker

After yesterday's debacle, John Schaefer says, "now THIS is a lyric."

John Schaefer says some Hall of Fame nominees don't belong  - and he's naming names. 

If the striking musicians win now, they may lose big later.