Giving Tuesday: An Anti-Appeal
Sean MurphyThis blog is free to read. Most of my writing, going back three decades, is...
‘They Live’: The Most Blunt Critique of Unfettered Capitalism Ever Committed to Celluloid
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Deliver Me From Nowhere: Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Nebraska’
(Damn right I came up with the title of the movie first. Actually, Bruce did—and...
The Big Saudi Sellout
i. Look, this doesn’t warrant or require a great deal of description or detail. A...
Robert Redford, an American Museum
What am I supposed to say that everyone doesn’t already know? Robert Redford, in so...
Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here at 50
It isn’t that Pink Floyd made some of the best albums of the ‘70s (they...
Academia Is Engagement, Not Indoctrination
I remember first learning I wasn’t white my second year of college. Well, not really white. By...
Wayne Shorter on Thelonious Monk & More…
Insights into music, mental illness, iconoclasm, and a particular American Genius i. First off, if...
When Bruce Became Boss: Born To Run at 50
In a rather counterintuitive turn of events, the fact that the first two albums didn’t...
Big Shot: Making a Case for Billy Joel
Five hours is a lot of time to spend with Billy Joel. But it’s worth...