Michael Olivas, Law of Rock and Roll Professor

I was about 90% through a new Posse Posting, and I had a surge or something and lost the damned material. I have not been able to retrieve it, and it might have been Xfinity server issues, which rarely happens, but always does so at the worst time.... Download PDF File

My Geek Squad tech came today, dressed and protected like he was handling Los Alamos nuclear waste, but it turns out not only had my screen died, but so had the PC itself... Download PDF File

I have been reminded by several of you that I have not sent out a Posting for some time, for which I have no good reason, other than the transition to retirement and moving from Houston to Santa Fe, NM, my hometown... Download PDF File

This is a follow-up to my most recent Posse posting, where I mentioned a review of Linda Ronstadt’s biography, but it turned out the link I gave you have expired, a phenomenon known as “linkrot.”... Download PDF File

Last night, Tina and I saw the new Linda Ronstadt documentary, and I was completely overcome with feelings throughout the entire hour and a half... Download PDF File

A couple of years ago, I wrote about our seeing Justin Hayward of the Moody Blues at The Heights Theater... Download PDF File

Happy campers Michael O and Tina R at Van Morrison concert, Caesar's Palace, LV, January 25-26, first time we have seen the same performer twice in 2 days... Download PDF File

I saw an ad on the television news last night for the story about Linda Ronstadt and her appearance on SUNDAY MORNING, the CBS television news magazine, and when I saw it, I realized how long it had been since I had shared anything with my Posse... Download PDF File

Several years ago, I saw Damien Rice for the second time, pronounced it a "Master
Class," and among my favorite concert performances, ever, ever... Download PDF File

I know, I know. Several years ago, after a particularly desultory Dylan concert, my 6th, I essentially swore him off, but for a particularly difficult reason: I felt he was not playing enough of his great hits, and was playing ones that anyone else would kill to have written and sung... Download PDF File

Several of you have asked how to listen to or watch the funeral FRIDAY... Download PDF File

Aretha Franklin, RIP Download PDF File

With prolific entertainers such as Paul Simon, who first surfaced with Art Garfunkel for the short-lived Tom & Jerry in 1956-57, his touring is a tribute to both his longevity and his enormous creativity and hard work, at a level that properly situates him on the top shelf of rock and roll... Download PDF File

One of my favorite, funky movie theaters is 14 Pews, in North Houston, a de-consecrated church with pillows in the pews, owned by an entrepreneurial and transplanted director, Cressandra Thibodeaux... Download PDF File

I have always thought that drummers got the short end of the stick, literally and figuratively... Download PDF File

I was very glad to hear from so many (30 and counting) of my Posse members about the HAMILTON performance, almost all of them mentioning and loving the Lin-Manuel Miranda freeform rap... Download PDF File

As I noted to Posse readers lately, Tina and I were in NYC last week for a conference, and we saw HAMILTON at the Richard Rodgers Theater... Download PDF File

As all my longtime Posse members know, any backstories about The Beatles are like catnip to me... Download PDF File

Last Spring, Tina and I attended a solo show by Justin Hayward at the renovated Houston Heights Theater, and as I reported at the time, it was a truly engaging and interesting concert, stripped down with just him and two supporting musicians, but no other members of his group, The Moody Blues... Download PDF File

This semester, Tina and I are both on research leaves, hiding in plain sight in Santa Fe, NM... Download PDF File

Most folks who follow the history of rock and roll consider Fats Domino’s 1949 single "The Fat Man" to be the first rock and roll song... Download PDF File

l have now heard from many friends and Posse, so I am posting here to alleviate your concerns... Download PDF File

In a sense, I have been preparing for this sad day when Glen Campbell died, so I am including a Posse Posting from 5 years ago, when word of his medical condition began to spread... Download PDF File