Every Day is Mother’s Day (Revisited)
Sean MurphyI’m fortunate, in a sense, to be the type of person that gets more sentimental...
Here’s Johnny, Redux
I may have to go purchase a five gallon (ten gallon?) hat just so I...
2012: When Rhetoric Meets Reality
I read the news today. Oh boy. Looks like one of the worst-kept secrets in...
Maurice Sendak, R.I.P.
This is a tough one for anyone born after 1960. That said, it must have...
Beauty and The Beast, Featuring Sonny Sharrock
The name alone is epic: Sonny Sharrock. I won’t resist the urge, because I can’t,...
Adam Yauch, R.I.P.
This hurts. Word is hitting the wires that Adam Yauch, a.k.a. MCA, has succumbed to...
Props on Pops: 70th Birthday Edition
I have written more than once about my mother (here and here) but I haven’t...
A Joyful Noise
This is not the first dog/soldier reunion video I’ve seen. It may not even be...
Let’s Get Ready To Rumble
With a major h/t to my friend, and prolific author, Robert Rodriguez (if you are...
Beauty is a Rare Thing: Celebrating International Jazz Day
All hope is not lost. At least enough people are still making –and listening to–...