They Lived This Way Because Nobody Else Could
Sean MurphyMy vices protect me but they would assassinate you! That is from Mark Twain, a man who talked the talk, walked the walk, drank the drank and, for good measure, smoked the…
Erykah Badu Pushing Buttons
Oh no she didn't... Oh yes she did. This one is going to generate some serious discussion, methinks. (Click that link, above, or go directly to Badu's official site: http://www.erykahbadu.com/;…
A View To A Kill or, It’s The End of the World As We Knew It (And I Feel Fine)
Here's how bad it's gotten: David Frum, the dude who used to write speeches for the worst president we've ever endured, has written the most lacerating epitaph for The…
Tasting China The Way Peter Chang Intended
And I only am escaped alone to tell thee. Well, it felt that way as I drove alone, into the deep country dark of 29 North, heading for the place…
Waterloo This
I love the smell of health care reform in the morning. Smells like victory.
Get Your Ghana On
You had me at Kyenkyen bi adi m'awu (which means "come back my love"). And the reason I know that is because I read the liner notes to the succinctly…
Alex Chilton, R.I.P.
Man, the American rock and roll scene just got discernibly smaller. I'll defer to the bigger Big Star fans (of whom there are many) to properly eulogize this American rock…
Happy Drunken Stereotype Day!
Green beer is for amateurs. The Pogues, on the other hand, are strictly professional. Pint-wise, and otherwise. Cheers to the Irish, the carnassial challenged and non-light beer drinking brethren (and…
NOMAH! or, A Welcome Return for the Beantown Prometheus
Nomah. No mas. It's fantastic to see Garciaparra, and the Red Sox brass, both burying the sharpened Louisville Slugger and letting No. 5 retire as a Red Sox. Hard to…
God Is Not Dead: The Jimi Hendrix Re-Issues
Get excited. There is a new Jimi Hendrix album fully comprised of previously unreleased material. I know I was excited when I first heard the news of Valleys of Neptune,…