DUMB Dynasty
Sean MurphyFirst off, the only dynasty involving ducks that I’m interested in discussing is the Duck...
Your Holiday Shopping List or, My Island of Misfit Toys
If you’re wise (and/or foolish) enough to take my advice seriously, here are some of...
Peter O’Toole, R.I.P.
They’re all gone. Burton, then Harris, then Reed, then Taylor. And now, O’Toole. Yes,...
Newtown and The Healing Power of Music, Featuring Herbie Hancock
I feel obliged to say something, anything, on this sombre occasion. Fortunately, Sean Beaudoin has done...
Howard Tate, R.I.P. (Two Years Later)
Not a lot of fanfare surrounded the death of Howard Tate (a couple of obits...
Five for Mandela
Some directly, some indirectly inspired by the great man. (Bonus!)
7 From McCoy Tyner For His 75th
McCoy Tyner turns 75 years young today. In a saner and more soulful world, Tyner...
Humanity: Kicking Cancer’s Ass
When the going gets tough, there is always hope. When hope is hard to come...
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...