Welcome To My World
Sean MurphyI’m Sean Murphy, and you might have heard me on NPR’s “All Things Considered” or...
Orrin Keepnews: Hero for America’s Music
Revisiting a piece from exactly 10 years ago, celebrating an unjustly obscure, sadly under-appreciated hero...
Gene Hackman, The Bone Marrow of American Artistry
Once upon a time when I was sixteen I had the great good fortune to...
Thank You, Jeff Bezos
Thank you, Jeff Bezos. On one hand, the news coming out this morning from the Washington Post issimultaneously...
2/26/12: A Poem for Trayvon Martin
On this day in History: On February 26, 2012, Trayvon Martin, an African American teen walking...
Songs From the Big Chair at 40
Forty years ago today: Songs from the Big Chair, one of the best albums (start...
Let The Music Be Your Master: Physical Graffiti at 50
i. Let’s Get Physical You want to understand and appreciate how transcendentally great Led Zeppelin is? If...
Feb 8, 2025: The Rebirth of a Nation
February 8, 1915: “The Birth of a Nation” opens in L.A., glorifying the KKK. (More...
Big Balls
See, in order to finally infiltrate the DEEP STATE, rectify decades of waste and mismanagement,...
It’s All About Narrative, Always
In politics if you’re explaining you’re losing, but if you’re being explained, you’re lost. i....
The Last Waltz, At Last: RIP, Garth Hudson
Every group (athletes, artists, executives) requires at least one MVP who is willing (and, often,...