Yusef Lateef: R.I.P., Gentle Giant (Revisited)
Sean MurphyWe have lost one of the great, indeed one of the greatest, ones. Yusef Lateef,...
My Kind of Christmas Music (Revisited)
Tchaikovsky Corelli Bach A couple from John Fahey The Who Chuck Berry a three-fer from...
“Only Let Be No War”: The Films of Nikita Mikhalkov, Volume 1 (Revisited)
The release of this box set is a welcome development. This is not necessarily to...
O Captain! My Captain!: The Unique Magic of Don Van Vliet (Revisited)
As Ian Anderson said, “We’re getting a bit short on heroes lately.” And Ian, while...
What We Talk About When We Talk About Sex (In Fiction)
WRITING ABOUT SEX is like engaging in sex: it’s hard. Or, it should be. It’s...
Peter O’Toole, R.I.P. (Revisited)
They’re all gone. Burton, then Harris, then Reed, then Taylor. And now, O’Toole. Yes, it...
Sui generis on the rocks: Christopher Hitchens (Revisited)
The best way to compliment a writer, as a reader, is to recommend their work...
Backs to the Future (Revisited)
TAKE A GUY. Let’s say he is about my age: old enough to own a...
Life in the Key of Song: Strawberry Fields Forever (Revisited)
Living is easy with eyes closed/Misunderstanding all you see, It’s getting hard to be someone...
The Day The Music Died, Redux (Revisited)
(12/9/2010) It was thirty years ago today… Where were you? I was in my mother’s...