My Annual New Year’s Eve Message
Sean MurphyAs always, it’s a hell of a lot easier to keep these things in perspective by considering the (increasing) number of our brothers and sisters who are struggling just to…
2012: Time To Die (Part Two)
2012: In pace requiescat! Theme video for this annual series (especially instructive for those not familiar with the title or the photo, above): 5/8/12: This is a tough one for…
2012: Time To Die (Part One)
2012: In pace requiescat! Theme video for this annual series (especially instructive for those not familiar with the title or the photo, above): 2/2/12: This hurts. A genuine American icon…
Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine: Part Two
Picking up where we left off yesterday (which, in case you missed it, is HERE) and continuing the celebration (of the lizard), let's pick five more vintage vinyls. If your…
Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine*: Part One
Merry Christmas to me. So, a year or so ago I did something I'd been meaning --and promising-- to do for ages: I acquired a turntable. I knew it was…
The Narrow Path: A Tone Poem for Christmas
You are alone. You are back in the city and you are alone as you emerge into the open and empty space, stepping out from the stale depths of the…
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead: The Play’s The Thing (Revisited)
(So...I guess the world didn't end yesterday. Seems appropriate, then, to think about where we go before and after we're here. Or what about if we were never here in…
Sui generis on the rocks: Christopher Hitchens (One Year Later)
The best way to compliment a writer, as a reader, is to recommend their work to others. That I wholeheartedly do --and have done. The best way to compliment a…
Back To Bach
It's that time of the year, prompting reflection, peace and positive vibes. At least if you're smart and do most of your holiday shopping online. I doubt it's just me,…
Jethro Tull’s ‘Aqualung’: Even Better Than You Thought It Was (Revisited)
Whatever one’s feelings about progressive rock, Jethro Tull’s Aqualung is a rare album that remains at once part of, and above, the fray. It is, to be certain, a cornerstone…