Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead: The Play’s The Thing (Revisited)
Sean MurphySpoiler alert: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern die. They are, in fact, already dead. And they always...
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...
The Terror Card, Torture and You or, The Evil of Banality (Revisited)
6/09: Anyone who happened to miss this piece by Lakhdar Boumediene, entitled My Guantánamo Nightmare should...
Brooklyn Reading #7: Not To Mention A Nice Life
May 29, 2014. It was billed as a throwback to the old Beatnik days, minus...
7 + 1 From McCoy Tyner For His 76th
McCoy Tyner turns 76 years young today. In a saner and more soulful world, Tyner...
The Cream of Cream: Their 10 Best Songs
In honor of Jack Bruce’s recent passing, and as a companion piece to my tribute...
Life in the Key of Song: Strawberry Fields Forever
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...
Brooklyn Reading #6: Sanctuary
May 29, 2014. It was billed as a throwback to the old Beatnik days, minus...