Heart Full of Soul: The Return of Living Colour
Sean MurphyThe rumors of Living Colour’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. They are back, but perhaps more to the point, they were never really gone. The Chair in the Doorway, their…
The Day The Music Died, Redux
Where were you? I was in my mother's bedroom, kissing her goodbye before I caught the school bus, and I heard the horrible news on the clock radio (incidentally, I…
This is Fela Kuti’s Time
You are already down with Fela Kuti, correct? If not, you may want to remedy that, STAT. Seriously, you gotta get this into your life. You may have heard that…
Song of the Day: Everybody Knows
It's the '60s again, in a bad way. We're doubling down on Vietnam redux and The Catholic Church is partying like it's 1999 (B.C.)
Message to Obama: This is This
I guess there are a few suckers, like myself, who are holding out hope that the worst kept secret in Washington (i.e., the expected announcement from our president about another…
The Magic Flutie
25 Years Ago, this weekend. Wow.
The Greatest Rock & Roll Band in The World: Liver Than They’ll Ever Be
Best live album ever? Who cares. What is beyond dispute is that 1970’s Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out is certainly the best live album the Rolling Stones ever recorded.…
The Catholic Church is Decadent and Depraved
Part One: Abandon hope all ye who enter here... First, and appropriately, a confession. The title is both a tribute to, and an outright plagiarism of Hunter S. Thompson's masterful…
Weekend Fun with the Cellphone Cam…
Kelpie!! If that were at all visible, you'd clearly see the fox, mere feet away from my car as I pulled off the Dulles Greenway (I thought foxes were nocturnal,…
Paint It Black (Sabbath)
I'm so proud of my Pops. Last night, quite out of the blue (or, out of the black as the case may be), he said he had to ask me…