Improving Upon Perfection, Part Four: Mick, Keith, Gram and Harriet
Sean MurphyParts 1-3 of this series here, here, and here. Normally I would have at least a little bit to say about each of these versions, but... Do I really need to say anything?…
For You Blue: The Beatles’ ‘Blue Album’, 40 Years Later
It was forty years ago, today. No, really. Check it out: Let us not forget, it’s the “Blue Album”. Before it was the cassette, the eight-track, CD or digital download,…
On April Fools’ Day: Celebrating America’s Irreplaceable Court Jester
Take this joke, please. Or this one: Funny, for sure. But cut with way more than a sliver of dead seriousness. This is what Bill Hicks brought to the planet,…
The Long Way Home (Revisited)
If I ever need to check myself and consider what a privileged life I've led, I simply need to recall that moving across town in the summer of '79 was…
Two Years To Write, One Year To Revise…
Exactly one year ago, I wrote the following words: It takes a village to raise a family; it takes a forest to write a book. They are true, both of…
GMU Basketball: Looking to the future; borne ceaselessly into the past
Interesting week for GMU basketball, to say the least. It has been the very definition of bittersweet to see Coach Jim Larranaga, who should have buildings named after him (since…
Five From The Yardbirds To Remember Keith Relf (Revisited)
Keith Relf. Who? Exactly. Quite possibly the best vocalist you've never heard of, you still have heard him if you are passingly familiar with rock music. Trust me. He was…
FELA MFing KUTI
I have written, lovingly, about my love of Fela Kuti (the man, his music, the myth), and you can see that HERE. (If you aren't familiar with this legend, get…
They Lived This Way Because No One Else Could (Revisited)
Everyone has their favorite picture. I can't say this one is mine, but it will do. Even though I was always too young to fully (or even partially) feel the…
Iraq: Ten Years Gone
What's ten years and a couple trillion dollars between friends, huh? And I mean, it's not like anyone could have seen this coming, right? Right. Anyone who's read this blog knows…