The Long Way Home (Revisited)
Sean MurphyIf I ever need to check myself and consider what a privileged life I've led, I simply need to recall that moving across town in the summer of '79 was…
Two Years To Write, One Year To Revise…
Exactly one year ago, I wrote the following words: It takes a village to raise a family; it takes a forest to write a book. They are true, both of…
GMU Basketball: Looking to the future; borne ceaselessly into the past
Interesting week for GMU basketball, to say the least. It has been the very definition of bittersweet to see Coach Jim Larranaga, who should have buildings named after him (since…
Five From The Yardbirds To Remember Keith Relf (Revisited)
Keith Relf. Who? Exactly. Quite possibly the best vocalist you've never heard of, you still have heard him if you are passingly familiar with rock music. Trust me. He was…
FELA MFing KUTI
I have written, lovingly, about my love of Fela Kuti (the man, his music, the myth), and you can see that HERE. (If you aren't familiar with this legend, get…
They Lived This Way Because No One Else Could (Revisited)
Everyone has their favorite picture. I can't say this one is mine, but it will do. Even though I was always too young to fully (or even partially) feel the…
Iraq: Ten Years Gone
What's ten years and a couple trillion dollars between friends, huh? And I mean, it's not like anyone could have seen this coming, right? Right. Anyone who's read this blog knows…
Eric Burdon + Internet = EPIC WIN!
The Internet wins, AGAIN. War, what's it good for? Some great music, along with Eric Burdon on this track, epitomizing the best sort of '60s hangover easing into a whole…
Jimi Hendrix: People, Hell & Angels
Do we, at this point, require further evidence that Jimi Hendrix was the most prodigiously gifted guitarist to ever play the instrument? We do not. Then again, we don’t need…
Wishing For Eternity So Dick Cheney Could Spend It In Disgrace
I'm not sure what it says about me, but I've gone on record declaring, at times, a fervent wish that there was a God. Because if there was a God,…