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Video Fridays: Dead & Company
I haven’t written about one of my favorite bands of all time, the Grateful Dead, in a while, having published my last post on the topic back in July, but today it’s definitely time. When I heard in...
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Stuff We Don’t Need: Frankensalmon
REALLY disappointing news yesterday. As I wrote five years ago, in two separate posts (Post 1, Post 2), some mad genetic scientists, seemingly out of some sci-fi B-movie, have been messing around with...
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R.I.P., David Bowie: A Delayed Reaction
Ok, folks. This post really IS about the death of David Bowie, but I hope you’ll indulge my taking a scenic, time machine route to his obituary. On a hot Los Angeles, California summer night, July 10,...
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Death Of Dystopia?
I’m pretty proud of a post I wrote back in May 2013 on the topic of dystopian fiction, and that post will explain the opinion I express in my tweet today. I sure as hell hope so! – "Are we witnessing...
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Punk’s Legacy?
The conventional wisdom amongst many musicologists, music journalists, and music fans is that Punk Rock was a seachange, a musical and cultural revolt against highly-produced and highly popular Glam...
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Notes From Italy: An Introduction
As mentioned in my last post, my wife, son and I recently returned from a 2-week trip in Italy, a trip that defibrillated and resuscitated my inner blogger. The first product of this resurrection will...
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A Dream Deferred: Thoughts On Dallas In Two Quotes
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.” I have a dream that one day...
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Notes From Italy, Vol. 1: Italians & Leisure As Art
My lovely wife and I, attempting to emulate Italian leisure. On our very first day in Florence, the first destination of our 2-week visit to Italy, the very first thing that dramatically stood out to...
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Notes From Italy, Vol. 2: Italians & Their Tiny Vehicles
So, remember what I said in my last Notes From Italy installment? Italians make hanging out, leisurely, look so utterly, authentically, natural, in a way that Americans only wish we could… There was...
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Notes From Italy, Vol. 4: Naked In Church
Vol. 4 in my Notes From Italy series. If I had to list the most ubiquitous things in Italy, that list would certainly include two items I’ve mentioned in previous Notes From Italy posts, Tiny Vehicles...
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Pokémon, Don’t Go: A Poem
Pokémon, go. but only that I might hop on my skis or mountain bike or kayak and look for you. When I find you, let’s hang out and play Xbox games, and Snapchat with our friends, who are across town,...
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Notes From Italy, Vol. 6: Botticelli’s Niece
Vol. 6 in my Notes From Italy series. So, yeah, we were in Florence, visited the Uffizi Gallery, a massive and profound feast of art, and we had the great pleasure to stand right in front of this...
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Trump Tweets: Look In The Mirror, America!
So, I’ve been thinking about Donald Trump WAY more than I ever desired, more than my heart and soul can bear, and for that reason alone his victory is a dreadful, dreadful thing, a kind of assault, a...
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The Future Is Unstoppable – Death Throes Are Ugly & Scary
“I see the light at the end of the tunnel now… Someone please tell me it’s not a train.” ~from “I See The Light” by Cracker For the past six months or so, I’ve spent most of my writing time online...
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