The Song Remains The Same or, The Agony of Influence (Revisited)
Sean MurphyTwo thoughts from T.S. Eliot: April is the cruelest month… Whatever. Good poets borrow; great...
Levon Helm: So Real It Makes You Believe
There are probably countless ways to talk about what makes a particular artist compelling, and...
Emile “Butch” Bouchard: R.I.P. to a Hockey Legend
I love hockey and I can appreciate the storied history of its most famous franchise,...
Happy 90th, Chazz
Today would have been (and, still is) Charles Mingus’s 90th birthday. I’ve written about him...
For J.D. Salinger, Jethro Tull and Me (Revisited)
It was 42 years ago, today, that Jethro Tull’s third album, Benefit, was released. I...
Dick Clark, R.I.P.
This is the face I remember, and the one I’ll recall most fondly. It’s nice...
Bright Moments, Revisited (Already)
Less than a month ago I elaborated on some of the ways music moves and...
Mark Twain: The Big Daddy of American Letters (Revisited)
On April 21, 1910, author Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, died in...
Cerphe: Living History Lesson
In case you had any questions about whether or not local treasure Cerphe Colwell is a living...
So It Goes: Reflections on Kurt Vonnegut (Five Years Later)
April, 2007. Kurt Vonnegut would say in speeches that a plausible mission of artists is...