My First Time (Revisited)
Sean MurphyIt was my great pleasure to guest-post at The Quivering Pen, a fantastic site for...
Shine On You Crazy Diamond: Syd Barrett, 10 Years Later
When he died in 2006, after decades of cult-figure status and willful anonymity, Syd Barrett...
The Doors: Our Star-Spangled American Band (Revisited)
If the discussion is going to turn to American rock bands, it would be impossible...
Four Albums and a Film: The Best Summer Entertainment
The Congos – Heart of the Congos (1977) Great art knows no seasons. Nevertheless, some...
Celebrating Chinatown: The Ultimate Summer Movie (and the Perfect American Movie)
Chinatown does not usually make the short list of best American films. In fairness, it...
God Is Not Dead: The Jimi Hendrix Re-Issues (Revisited)
Get excited. There is a new Jimi Hendrix album fully comprised of previously unreleased material....
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown: Remembering Michael Jackson (Revisited)
How do you know you’ve made an indelible impact on culture? Here’s how. Listen: this...
Some Day A Real Rain Will Come: What Travis Bickle Can –And Cannot– Tell Us About Tucson (Revisited)
Voices In Our Heads You talking to me? It is the pivotal scene in Scorsese’s...
50 BULLET POINTS CONCERNING AMERICA’S GUN PSYCHOSIS
Let’s politicize these acts, if for no other reason because, in America, we politicize...
“20 MINUTES OF ACTION” WARRANTS MORE THAN 15 MINUTES OF OUTRAGE
CAMPUS RAPE IS AN epidemic seemingly without comparison in terms of its frequency and how often...