July 28, 1979: The Long Way Home (Revisited)
Sean MurphyIf I ever need to check myself and consider what a privileged life I’ve led,...
Coppola’s ‘The Conversation’: A Love Letter to the Process of Making Art
In Dostoeyevsky’s Notes From Underground the self-loathing narrator proposes that every man has secrets he...
The Once and Future King: ‘SMiLE’ and Brian Wilson’s Very American Dream (Revisited)
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. Icarus soars too close to the sun....
Some Men Just Want To Watch The World Bern
Hey Bernie Bros! What’s up, fellas? First, I feel you. To a certain extent, I...
Remembering Michael Cimino’s Masterpiece, ‘The Deer Hunter’
Imagine this: Michael Cimino, fresh off five Academy Awards (including Best Picture and Best Director)...
The Past is Calling: The Who’s ‘Quadrophenia’ (Revisited)
Most popular Who album? No. Most important Who album? No. Most influential Who album? No....
Borne Back Ceaselessly Into the Past: Steinbeck, Nostalgia, Empathy and Amtrak (Revisited)
WHEN I FIRST read John Steinbeck’s Travels with Charley: In Search of America I...
My First Time (Revisited)
It 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...