“Radical Jewish Culture”, Redux
Sean MurphyAfter my ardent endorsement of Rashanim (the great trio who have just released what may well be the best album of the year),…
Rashanim: Healing Music for Unrighteous Times
Guess what? Rashanim has recently released what will undoubtedly stand as one of the…
Giving it Up for the California Guitar Trio
I know I'd be ecstatically grateful if, having never heard of these guys, someone turned me on to them. So in…
Bill Maher vs. the Birthers: Talking Truth To Stupid
re. the above, three comments: Wow. Really? No seriously, you're joking, right? I have more than a little to say on this subject (I could practically make a career out…
Alive and Well and Living In…Italy
Ian Anderson is alive and well, and living in...Italy. And he is going by the name of…
Scaring the nation with their guns and ammunition…
For anyone who wants a more sober analysis of the Gates fiasco,…
July 28, 1979: The Long Way Home
If 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 a…
Jim Rice: Hall of Fame
It's about time. Congrats, Jim. The man once broke a bat on a check swing: that alone should have ensured him enshrinement in the hall. He was a very bad…
“I’m Walken Here!”
The Christopher Walken imitation is its own industry. Some are good, most are mediocre, some are awful. Some are simply interesting, like the one below; some are perfection, like the…
Dan Auerbach, In Search of the Authentic Sound
During my recent discussion with Dan Auerbach, there was heavy construction underway in the unit above mine: the refrain of hammering, drill work, and boot steps were like a Greek…