Mo Max
Sean MurphyLast time I celebrated the mighty Max Roach (check out the glory, here) there was...
Rebellion*
i. Question: What are you rebelling against? Answer: Whaddya got? The thing most adjusted adults...
Five Songs to Welcome Spring
The incomparable John Fahey with the appropriately titled “When The Springtime Comes Again”: Janácek’s String...
Deconstruction* (Revisited)
I. Il n’y pas hors-texte. Or, there is nothing outside the text. If the names...
The Things They Carry, Continued…
Two stories from today’s New York Times. What a coincidence. ON THIS DAY On...
Demotion*
My neighbor, whose name I’ve of course forgotten—if in fact I ever knew it in...
3.14: Happy Pi Day
If you’ve never seen Pi, Darren Aronofsky’s first (and best) movie, I strongly encourage you...
Tasting China The Way Peter Chang Intended (Revisited)
And I only am escaped alone to tell thee. Well, it felt that way as...
Compassion*
License registration, no I ain’t got none, But I got a clear conscience ‘bout the...
Sobriety*
When I lucked into my first so-called real job I got in the habit of...