Due To Popular Demand…More Catwoman!
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The Death of an Indestructible Dog: What Quinzy Taught Me
Portrait of the artist as a young pup. Wait, did I say artist? I...
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It is an inexorable, if lamentable rite of passage to revisit cultural mementos from one’s...
The Real Life Fable of Charles Mingus and Orval Faubus (Revisited)
On Sept. 4, 1957, Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus called out the National Guard to prevent...
Strange Love
ON THIS DAY: On Aug. 30, 1963, the hot-line communications link between Washington, D.C., and...
Gary Clark, Jr.: You’re Gonna Know His Name By The End of the Year
So….I read the borderline rapturous review of his new EP in the recent Rolling Stone. Exactly…...
Hurricane Music
Ten songs to weather the storm. First and foremost, a nod to Alex Chilton (and...
August 26, 2002: Nine Ways of Looking at Nine Years
I had the opportunity to deliver the eulogy at my mother’s funeral (which, incredibly, occurred only...
Fifteen Songs For My Mother, on Her Birthday
Happy birthday, mama. Thelonious Monk (with John Coltrane), “Ruby, My Dear”: Paul Simon, “Mother and...
Elvis Is (Still) Dead, Long Live The King!
Poor Elvis. The one-time king is now more often the (big) butt of jokes (see?)....