But I don’t weep, do you? (Three from Bukowski)
Sean MurphyIt is an enduring tribute to Bukowski's genius that his writings continue to inform, inspire and console. It is our collective tragedy, as human beings, that much of his subject…
Akira Kurosawa’s ‘Dreams’: A Late Masterpiece from The Master
Understanding that Dreams was among the last films Akira Kurosawa made inexorably adds a regal and elegiac air to the proceedings. The fact that the work is semi-autobiographical (based on…
He knows changes aren’t permanent, but change is…
Catch the mystery, catch the drift. Is this guy the Energizer Bunny or what? Holy shit but the licks keep coming. I had the extreme pleasure of reviewing the new…
Selling The Stories Of Our Lives: Technology and Privacy (Part Three)
THE PRICE OF ONLINE PAYMENT The final frontier, at least for now, where online interaction and privacy may or may not find practical synergy is mobile payment. Predictably, the convenience…
Selling The Stories Of Our Lives: Technology and Privacy (Part Two)
PRIVACY VERSUS PROFIT: THE NEXT BIG DEBATE Not many people would oppose the proposition that consumers enjoy convenience and appreciate value. As the Internet has expanded and advanced, free content…
R.I.P. Barbara Billingsley, Sit-Com Mom Emeritus
I don't know about calling her "America's mom", as I'm sure many obituaries will claim, but she was inarguably the "sitcom mom". It's funny. My peers and I (born in…
Selling The Stories Of Our Lives: Technology and Privacy (Part One)
In a recent issue of Esquire there is a humorous feature entitled “Help Us Serve You Better!” which imagines a series of correspondence from various companies. The consumer to which…
The Tomorrow Show: John, Paul, Tom and Ringo (Revisited)
Before Conan O’Brien in the ‘90s and David Letterman in the ‘80s, there was another—even ‘whiter’—dude who regularly hosted many of the hippest artists and promoted some of the best…
Remembering The Things We Learned About Terra As She Taught Us About Ourselves
Boy, it's been a tough two years for dogs in my (and some of my best friends') life: first we lost our beloved Otis in September, 2008; then in Febrary,…
Love Is Old, Love Is New: Another Appreciation of ‘Abbey Road’
I don't even have a question, but here is the answer: Whenever I listen to Abbey Road, I find myself feeling grateful that the collective world of musicians did…