“The convention this year felt more like a party than ever before, a big, busy party that doesn't really go anywhere”

“Can the Stones still cut it? Are they slipping, is this the beginning of the end? Yes, they can, no they aren’t, and no, the end isn’t in sight. The Stones are in their prime.”

Ellen was a fearless, incisive critic, but she also created as much as she critiqued