Rockers are mortal, after all

It wasn’t always this way for me, but within the past couple of years the deaths of people I don’t know have taken on a whole new dimension. Whether I knew the person or not–and particularly if they were somebody famous for one reason or another– the first thing I want to know is how

No, we ain’t gonna take it

I just came across a story that Dee Snider of Twisted Sister, like Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine, and like Silversun Pickups, doesn’t want the Republican presidential candidates using his music at their campaign rallies. Romney and Ryan are trying to boost their support in some quarters by appropriating rock and roll, but they