The Brown Sisters: Forty Portraits That Tell us Nothing, and Everything
Sean MurphyLife and Art combine to create something that is representative of the best both are capable of achieving. I have little I can, or want to, add to the pictures…
Winchester Book Gallery: Another Reading (Revisited, one year later)
Anyone who has written a book wants to see it in a bookstore. To have a reading, in a bookstore, is both a dream and, for a variety of inevitable…
Sleater-Kinney: The Woods
Cont'd: PopMatters is doing some heavy lifting in the service of setting the historical record straight. Starting today, they are assessing the Top 100 albums of the last decade. I…
Iron And Wine: The Shepherd’s Dog
PopMatters is doing some heavy lifting in the service of setting the historical record straight. Starting today, they are assessing the Top 100 albums of the last decade. I contributed…
Point/Counterpoint: Sean Beaudoin vs. Sean Murphy – the 90?s Edition (The Weeklings*)
Point/Counterpoint is a beloved feature that first appeared in the fall ’72 Telex edition of the Weeklings. PC/P is the product of an intellectual tradition hearkening back to storied Oxford…
How About Some Unironic Love for Emerson, Lake & Palmer?
Here are three words that strike fear in the hearts of all those allergic to prog rock: Emerson. Lake. Palmer. Popular enough to have several songs still in the regular…
The Power of Political Narrative: Part One, The GOP
i. Magical Thinking and the Memory Hole LIKE MOST EVERYONE ELSE I know, I grew up—really grew up, if I’ve ever actually grown up—in the Reagan 80’s. Take my childhood,…
A Toast, and Tribute, To Pops
When you've lost a parent, one of the remarkable things that happens is you start to act like a parent. All you think, when asked what you want, is for…
Love Is Old, Love Is New: Another Appreciation of ‘Abbey Road’ (Revisited, “New Shit” Edition)
"New shit," as the Dude said, "has come to light." I was unaware of this, but have now seen the light. Let it shine until tomorrow. Let it be. I…