A Week of Americana. Part Two: Captain Beefheart
Sean MurphyDon Van Vliet (R.I.P.), with his idiosyncracies, individuality and iconoclasm, represents virtually everything that is...
A Week of Americana. Part One: Moby Dick
As our nation prepares to celebrate another birthday this week, it seems like an appropriate...
Four Albums and a Film: The Best Summer Entertainment
The Congos – Heart of the Congos (1977) Great art knows no seasons. Nevertheless, some...
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown… (Five Years Later)
How do you know you’ve made an indelible impact on culture? Here’s how. Listen: this...
The Bittersweet Science, Part Four: Four Kings (Revisited)
Let’s finish this four part post off by letting Kimball, and the Kings, do...
The Intersection of Technology & Education: A Conversation with Darryl Joyner (Cont’d)
My series concerning the Intersection of Technology & Culture continues! (previous discussions can be found here.) I’ve...
The Bittersweet Science, Part Three: The Fight (Revisited)
Let’s end the suspense and get this out of the way right up front: Hagler...
Happy Birthday, Macca!
Revisiting a piece I wrote two years ago, for #70, entitled “When I’m 64 (Plus...
The Bittersweet Science, Part Two: Getting Acquainted with the Late George Kimball (Revisited)
Every so often there is a confluence of events that, if you’re lucky or perceptive...
The Bittersweet Science, Part One (Revisited)
It probably says something about evolution that the younger generations see the future as expansive,...