The Weeklings: Final Popped Culture
Sean MurphyIn this much-beloved feature launched for the very final time, our editors and contributors each...
10 for NYC by 10, on 9/11
New York City would be unimaginable without jazz, and vice versa. Here then is a...
End of Summer (Camp) with a Bat, a Cat and a Clown
IT IS AN INEXORABLE, if lamentable rite of passage: revisiting mementos from one’s childhood and...
Sanctuary
I visited my mother’s grave the first several years for the same reason I used...
For My Mother on Her Birthday
I’m scared, I said. “It’s okay,” she said. “You know I’ll never leave you, right?...
Bobby Hutcherson: Thanks for the Good Vibes
Bobby Hutcherson was not just a major, and positive force for good in the jazz...
Trumbo, Cranston and Ozymandias
A few random thoughts while watching ‘Trumbo’. 1. You should watch this. 2. Bryan Cranston...
Intimation: A Poem
Intimation My fiancée informs me that I snore now: either comfortable enough to tell the...
Forever Never Changes: Remembering Arthur Lee (Ten Years Later)
Arthur Lee died ten years ago today (August 3, 2006). I not only am keen to...
July 28, 1979: The Long Way Home (Revisited)
If I ever need to check myself and consider what a privileged life I’ve led,...