Welcome To My World
Sean MurphyI’m Sean Murphy, and you might have heard me on NPR’s “All Things Considered” or...
Introducing ‘red, white, and blues’
red, white, and blues is the fourth installment of a large, ongoing project acclaimed artist Matthew Shipp describes as “a...
David Bowie: 10 Years On
(From 2016.) ONLY THE BEATLES. That’s the sole comparison that comes to mind when compelled...
In the Light
We can (and should) talk about late-stage capitalism and the sickening disparities it has accelerated;...
December 8, 1980
I am he as you are he, as you are me and we are all...
Giving Tuesday: An Anti-Appeal
This blog is free to read. Most of my writing, going back three decades, is...
‘They Live’: The Most Blunt Critique of Unfettered Capitalism Ever Committed to Celluloid
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Deliver Me From Nowhere: Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Nebraska’
(Damn right I came up with the title of the movie first. Actually, Bruce did—and...
The Big Saudi Sellout
i. Look, this doesn’t warrant or require a great deal of description or detail. A...
Robert Redford, an American Museum
What am I supposed to say that everyone doesn’t already know? Robert Redford, in so...
Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here at 50
It isn’t that Pink Floyd made some of the best albums of the ‘70s (they...