Hell’s Not Gonna Be Hot Enough: Johnny Winter, R.I.P.
Sean MurphyHell is not gonna be hot enough for this cat. R.I.P. Johnny Winter, an American...
James Garner, R.I.P.
James Garner has died. So too has a tiny part of my childhood. What an...
Stuart Scott: Winning
All of us are winning by virtue of being alive. By fighting. But we too...
Echoing out of the Passion Play…
Wow. So I’m working on (yet another) feature about Jethro Tull, this time about the...
Charlie Haden, R.I.P.
i. 1959 was a watershed year for jazz music (arguably the greatest single year for...
Mundial de Futbol*
Tomaso sat down to watch the day’s action. He had missed several crucial games from...
Borne Back Ceaselessly Into the Past: Steinbeck, Nostalgia, Empathy and Amtrak*
i. WHEN I FIRST read John Steinbeck’s Travels with Charley: In Search of America I...
A Week of Americana. Part Five: Chinatown
Chinatown does not usually make the short list of best American films. In fairness, it...
A Week of Americana. Part Four: James Brown
On this most American of holidays, it seems appropriate –if not obligatory– to celebrate the...
A Week of Americana. Part Three: The Doors
If the discussion is going to turn to American rock bands, it would be impossible...