Semi-Autobiographical, Inspired By a Best Friend (Revisited)*
Sean MurphyI am not alone. I have a best friend, who happens to be a dog....
Mardi Gras In My Mind (Revisited)
Mardi gras makes me think of New Orleans and all the good things I associate...
Following These Footprints
Check this out. A few years back I opined that the second great Miles Davis quintet...
Happy Birthday, Henry Threadgill
69 years ago Henry Threadgill was born. Words like “original” and “uncompromising” are used too...
Say Anything (Revisited)
It could have been a great story. Boy moves across the country (actually across the...
Halo of Ashes (Revisited)
It’s Ash Wednesday, which affords me the opportunity to talk about the Screaming Trees. (What,...
Art vs. Life and Death, Again (Revisited)
We were saying? Wow, look at the New York Times, today, on the complicated legacy...
Art vs. Life and Death, cont’d (Revisited)
Here’s the thing: one wonders how many of these artistic types are producing anything worthwhile?...
Art vs. Life and Death (Revisited)
Subj: art Date: 11/28/98 12:55:40 PM Eastern Standard Time From: BULLMURPH To: BULLMURPH Question: If...
Why Is Prog Rock So Inadequate, Simplistic, Reductive, Portentous and…Perfect?*
It’s always crucial, when talking trends—musical or otherwise—to contextualize the times and remember that wardrobe...