http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/6591/charles-mingus-music-written-for-monterey-1965-not-heard/ Charles Mingus Music Written for Monterey, 1965. Not Heard … Played in Its Entirety, at UCLA (Sunnyside) US release date: 26 September 2006 UK release date: 2 October 2006…
Invitation To A Suicide (DVD Review from PopMatters.com) http://www.popmatters.com/pm/film/reviews/6136/invitation-to-a-suicide-2004/ Invitation to a Suicide Director: Loren Marsh by Sean G. Murphy Taking the Concept of “Pay-per-view” to New and Unusual Places…
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/4938/steely-dan-the-definitive-collection/ Steely Dan The Definitive Collection (Geffen) by Sean G. Murphy Not Much New at Their Old School. And That’s Cool. Steely Dan will not be denied. At this rate,…
Moby Dick: American Chowder "Reduced to more practical terms, if Jazz music is gumbo -- and it is -- the archetypal American novel, with Moby Dick as its progenitor and…
Forever Never Changes: Arthur Lee R.I.P. http://www.popmatters.com/music/features/060810-arthur-lee.shtml 10 August 2006 Contrary to popular opinion, the great American novel has, in fact, already been written. The problem is, it is not…
Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out. Now that’s a song, a blues. The real item. Not to be confused with the cookie-cutter, paint-by numbers, copycat slop that most…
Spring ‘06(from the liner notes of the 2003 reissue of A Love Supreme): “Boosted by a crescendo of piano chords, Coltrane steps in at full throttle. In a relatively small…
Friday, May 05, 2006 While We’re on the Subject of the So-Called Liberal Media… (sigh). This Colbert and Cohen stuff makes one realize, once again, that there is nothing new…
From: Sean Murphy Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 5:00 PM To: ‘cohenr@washpost.com’ Subject: And Now For Something REALLY Not Funny Dear Mr. Cohen: Give me a personal break, and super…
The people I’ve known in MFA programs (yesterday, today, and probably twenty years from now) get taught to write. Or, they get taught to write short stories. Or, they get…
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