Trump, McCain, Kerry and the Not-So Swift Boats
Sean MurphyListen. No one is a bigger hater of the human dung pile that is...
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 was...
Ripe with Rich Attainments: Jethro Tull’s ‘A Passion Play’, Reassessed (Revisited)
For prog-rock aficionados, the hits keep coming, and one man above all deserves our gratitude:...
Charlie Haden R.I.P. (Revisited)
1959 was a watershed year for jazz music (arguably the greatest single year for jazz...
“My First Time”, via The Quivering Pen
It was my great pleasure to guest-post at The Quivering Pen, a fantastic site for...
Talking Jive, Mingus and John Goodman
Today is the day. For John Goodman, that is. And for you, if you are...
The Worst People in America: Dick Cheney*
MOTHERFUCKER HAS SO MUCH blood on his hands he makes Lady Macbeth look like Snow White....
The Doors: Our Star-Spangled American band (Revisited)
If the discussion is going to turn to American rock bands, it would be impossible...
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...
No, Really: Jeff Beck is God (Revisited)
6/15: Happy 71st birthday to the great Jeff Beck. 3/11: Since it happened to...