The Narrow Path: A Tone Poem for Christmas
Sean MurphyYou are alone. You are back in the city and you are alone as you...
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead: The Play’s The Thing (Revisited)
(So…I guess the world didn’t end yesterday. Seems appropriate, then, to think about where we...
Sui generis on the rocks: Christopher Hitchens (One Year Later)
The best way to compliment a writer, as a reader, is to recommend their work...
Back To Bach
It’s that time of the year, prompting reflection, peace and positive vibes. At least if...
Jethro Tull’s ‘Aqualung’: Even Better Than You Thought It Was (Revisited)
Whatever one’s feelings about progressive rock, Jethro Tull’s Aqualung is a rare album that remains...
The Antidote for Despair…
…is Love. Story Here. Key takeaway: At the end of Friday’s nationally televised game, what...
Snow Miser vs. Heat Miser
So it’s that time of year. I don’t remember the last time I watched the...
Some Day A Real Rain Will Come: What Travis Bickle Can –And Cannot– Tell Us About Tucson (Revisited)
Voices In Our Heads You talking to me? It is the pivotal scene in Scorsese’s...
The Who: Live in Texas ’75
It was a transitional year, for The Who and for rock music. On the precipice...
Goodbye and Good Riddance, Joe Lieberman
Waaay back in November 2008 I put my feelings about Joe Lieberman on the permanent...