Robert E. Simon, 98 Years Young
Sean MurphyRobert E. Simon, the man who named the town I live in (R.E.S.ton, get it?)...
Intermission
I’m going to be “unavoidably detained” for the next week and change, storming castles,...
Better Git It In Your Soul
It takes a village to raise a family; it takes a forest to write a...
Looking Into The Sun*
(March, 2000) I look down at my mother as she lay dying. It was worse...
Five From The Yardbirds To Remember Keith Relf (Revisisted)
Keith Relf. Who? Exactly. Quite possibly the best vocalist you’ve never heard of, you still...
Bright Moments*
Question: What’s it all about? Answer: I don’t know. But I do know a few...
Mo Max
Last 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...