Original Poem: Peregrination
Sean MurphyExcited to see the latest issue of the great Exterminating Angel Press. I’m also happy...
The Joy of Puppyhood
7/2/20: I was delighted to be asked for my participation in the Washington City Paper’s...
Keith Tippett: Prog God, Plus
RIP to a musician’s musician, a complete and utter original, and icon of the underground....
Original Poem: Notes from Underground
One enters writing contests the same way one plays the lottery: with hope but no...
I Can Breathe (for George Floyd)
I Can Breathe Of course I can. I’m white. I can breathe. I can also...
Long Live Rock; Long Live Pete
Happy 75th, Pete Townshend! Inspiring? Pete Townshend, arguably, is the ultimate rock hero. He had...
A Portrait of the Artist as a Middle-Aged Man
Fifty. Five-0. Fiddy. Half-Century. Five Decades. Old. Actually, one thing I can declare with the...
Murphy’s Laws: 50 Infallible Observations on the Occasion of Turning 50
“With age comes wisdom, but sometimes age comes alone.” That, from the ever-quotable Oscar Wilde....
Every Day is Mother’s Day (Revisited)
I’m fortunate, in a sense, to be the type of person that gets more sentimental...
THE ORIGIN AND ANATOMY OF A STORY
Write what you know: at once the best and worst counsel offered to the aspiring...