Giving it up for the Hottest Band in the World…KISS!
Sean MurphyA 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…
Indie Author Interview: Sean Murphy
From Sunday's Indie Author News: Indie Author Interview with Sean Murphy - Author of the "Memoir for My Mother" Please Talk about Me When I'm Gone. Sean Murphy has been…
Some Thoughts on 5Ks, Colon Cancer, Charity and the Redemption of Friends
I ran my first 5K last Sunday. Anyone who knows anything about me will likely have two reactions, in this order. One: no chance. Two: anything is now officially possible,…
What We Talk About When We (Don’t) Talk About Dying
MY MOTHER EVENTUALLY became acquainted with the white-walled world of procedures and all that happens—before, during, after and beyond: Hope and fear, faith and then despair, the nagging need to…
Five Songs to Welcome Spring*
(*Even though we are supposed to get snow tomorrow!) The incomparable John Fahey with the appropriately titled "When The Springtime Comes Again": Janácek's String Quartet "Intimate Letters", 3rd Movement: John…