Shelley Duvall, Sui Generis
Sean MurphyIt’s going to be all The Shining all the time, but the lead sentence of...
Original Poem: Gen X Exegesis
Where are my #GenX at? This one’s for you. It’s also for those older and...
HOT FUN IN THE SUMMERTIME: CELTICS/LAKERS ’84 at 40
Forty years ago. Officially a classic. But, of course, it was a classic even as...
Rebel’s Rebel: Anthony Bourdain, Six Years Gone
Here’s what I wrote, the moment I read –with the same shock and sadness most...
Born in the U.S.A. at 40: The Boss Before, During, After
i. Before Deliver Me From Nowhere Perhaps because of what followed—the next album, the acclaim—Springsteen’s...
In the Garden of Eden: Doug Ingle, RIP
RIP to Doug Ingle, singer and organist on Iron Butterfly’s epic (or insufferable — and...
I’ve Got Questions for Sean Murphy
I’m a big fan of Cliff Garstang, the author and person: in addition to being...
From Writer’s Digest: Primer for Helping—and Tolerating—Your Annoying Artsy Friend
Having been an avid reader, and subscriber, to Writer’s Digest for several decades (going back...
Murphy’s Laws: 54 Infallible Observations on the Occasion of Turning 54
“With age comes wisdom, but sometimes age comes alone.” That, from the ever-quotable Oscar Wilde....
‘This Kind of Man’ is Available Today!
“This Kind of Man,” my first collection of short fiction, is officially live TODAY. Yes,...