“I’m An Idea Man…”
Sean MurphyPredictably, that bastion of sober, probing and reasonable analysis, The Washington Post (more on my...
Got Arsenic?
Seriously? This is why it’s increasingly difficult to take our cultural priorities seriously, because the...
The Past Is Calling: Reconsidering The Who’s ‘Quadrophenia’
Most popular Who album? No. Most important Who album? No. Most influential Who album? No....
Thanksgiving 2011: Some Things I’m Grateful For
The dogs in our lives. The ones who are no longer here, like Leroy and Terra and...
The Whiteness of the Whale: Remembering The White Album (Revisited)
Therefore, in his other moods, symbolize whatever grand or gracious thing he will by whiteness,...
When Words Fail*
It will be okay. This is what parents are obliged to tell frightened children and...
Black Magic: 15 Essential Black Sabbath Songs
Yes, they created the template for heavy metal and thrash, but even now it’s instructive...
The Thing That Wouldn’t Leave
If Newt Gingrich does the unthinkable (and, for the record, I still think there is...
Why Not Pink Floyd?
The Pink Floyd Discovery Studio Album Box Set I. See Saw I have recently listened...
Born In The U.S.A. or, Every Day Is Veterans Day (Revisited)
I. Personal Remember when Born in the U.S.A. was ubiquitous? The album and the song....