In Defense of Good Sax, Part One
Sean MurphyA writer whom I respect recently made an offhand observation that I’d like to challenge...
Forever Never Changes: Remembering Arthur Lee
Arthur Lee died eight years ago this week (August 3, 2006). I not only am...
The Molly Ringwald Evolutionary Trio
Question: The Molly Ringwald Evolutionary Trio: What celebrity did you desperately want to have sex...
Fantômas: Fifteen Years Later
A writer should always set challenges: it keeps things interesting and guards against formulaic and...
Mr. Bungle’s California: Fifteen Years Later
*8/5/14: This dropped a little over five years ago, which is difficult to fathom. This...
Wayne Shorter: JuJu at 50
Fifty years ago, today, this masterpiece dropped on an unworthy world. Borrowing Coltrane’s band, Wayne...
Via the Spectrum Road with Vernon Reid (Revisited)
Listening to Vernon Reid speak is like listening to Vernon Reid play the guitar: you...
Remembering the USS Indianapolis, Robert Shaw and The Scene
On July 30, 1945, the USS Indianapolis, which had just delivered key components of the...
Ripe with Rich Attainments: Jethro Tull’s ‘A Passion Play’, Reassessed
For prog-rock aficionados, the hits keep coming, and one man above all deserves our gratitude:...
Ars Moriendi or, The Art of Dying (American Style)
This post takes some excerpts from my memoir Please Talk About Me When I’m Gone....