Ennio Morricone, The Master
Sean MurphyCertain things are anathema to the mature writer: hyperbole, cliché, groupthink, money—just kidding, (mostly). Sometimes, and the instances are rare enough to be exceptions to the rule, one can speak…
Lalo Schifrin: Sound & Vision
When one of the best albums of the '90s dropped, pretty much out of nowhere, after instant fans (like this writer) realized their sonic world had been at once obliterated…
Original Poem: Chet Baker’s Smog
It remains a blessing for this writer to find publications that “get” him --and what I'm attempting with my ongoing project (the first installment, of course, being The Blackened Blues,…