Record stores, radio stations and — most of all — rock music fans are gearing up for the imminent release of the next Bruce Springsteen album, an anxiously awaited, five-record, 40-song, live set. It ...

This column originally appeared in the Asbury Park Press on Nov. 12, 1986. Heaven help us. A certain radio station, which shall remain nameless, hath broken one of the Ten Commandments Monday night.

When Bruce Springsteen was growing up, life was a little chaotic — he'd sometimes skip school and his relationship with his alcoholic father was strained, to put it mildly. But once he got his hands ...