Jim Steinman essentially began his career while a student at Amherst college, writing and starring in a musical called The Dream Engine that was described as a post-apocalyptic Peter Pan story with eternal teenager vampires. He basically spent the rest of his career re-writing The Dream Engine, never letting go of his obsessions with vampires,…

I haven’t been active here much lately, but I’m going to try something new. On April 19, famed songwriter and producer Jim Steinman died at age 73. He was my favorite songwriter ever, which is sort of a weird favorite thing to have, but I’m a weird person. During the last month, I have listened…