Yihla Moja (Revisited)
Sean MurphyOn Sept. 12, 1977, South African black student leader Steven Biko died while in police custody, triggering an international outcry.
10 for NYC by 10, on 9/11
New York City would be unimaginable without jazz, and vice versa. Here then is a tribute for --and by-- several musicians who help define and celebrate the cultural mecca of…
Please Talk about Me When I’m Gone: Now Available
Buy the book HERE. More info about the memoir, my mission and upcoming events, HERE. Video discussing the project, below. Get a copy, share with a friend, come along for…
Sonny Rollins, Still Living The Well-Lived Life (Revisited)
If you've lived on this planet thus far without getting Sonny into your life, I can't encourage you more strongly to rectify that, immediately. *** Nice feature on American treasure…
Getting Iggy With It
Question: Why is Iggy Pop cooler than you are? Answer: Because you are not Iggy Pop. Go HERE for further evidence. Even more evidence, below.
The Real Life Fable of Charles Mingus and Orval Faubus (Revisited)
On Sept. 4, 1957, Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus called out the National Guard to prevent nine black students from entering Central High School in Little Rock. Charles Mingus had many…
Streaming Services: Savior or Disruption?
Last week I had the opportunity to speak with good friend and industry veteran Jason Herskowitz (more about him HERE). In my capacity as an industry analyst at the Consumer…
End of Summer (Camp) with a Bat, a Cat and a Clown
It is an inexorable, if lamentable rite of passage to revisit cultural mementos from one's childhood and discover that, to an adult's eyes, they are lacking. But then, "putting away…
The Once and Future King: ‘SMiLE’ and Brian Wilson’s Very American Dream
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. Icarus soars too close to the sun. Othello, vulnerable and halfway crazy, mistakenly trusts the evil Iago. The product of a celebrated…
50 Years Later: His Dream is Our Dream
In 1963, 200,000 people participated in a peaceful civil rights rally in Washington, D.C., where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech in front of…