Celebrating Herbie Hancock, Again…
Sean MurphyFirst and foremost: Thank you, universe, for giving us the gift of Herbie Hancock 74 years ago, Saturday (4/12). Second, PSA for the uninitiated: everything Herbie did during the '60s…
Giving it up for the Hottest Band in the World…KISS!
A proper tribute to the hottest band in the world has been on my to-do list going back to...1977? So yes, that will happen. For now, in honor of Kiss…
Arthur Smith, R.I.P.
Farewell to the man whose licks launched a thousand imitators. You know you've done your earthly work when you can accurately claim that you influenced multiple generations of followers. In…
Robert E. Simon, 100 Years Young
Robert E. Simon, the man who named the town I live in (R.E.S.ton, get it?) turned 100 last week. As in: one hundred. A century. Born in 1914 (quick trivia:…
For You Blue: The Beatles’ ‘Blue Album’, 41 Years Later
It was forty-one years ago, today. No, really. Check it out: Let us not forget, it’s the “Blue Album”. Before it was the cassette, the eight-track, CD or digital download,…
The Intersection of Technology & Politics: A Conversation with Mike Shields
My series concerning the Intersection of Technology and _____ continued last week. (previous discussions can be found here.) It was my pleasure to introduce politics into the discussion, and my…
On April Fools’ Day: Celebrating America’s Irreplaceable Court Jester
Take this joke, please. Or this one: Funny, for sure. But cut with way more than a sliver of dead seriousness. This is what Bill Hicks brought to the…