Yihla Moja (Revisited)
Sean MurphyOn Sept. 12, 1977, South African black student leader Steven Biko died while in police custody, triggering an international outcry.
Some Sketches of America From a Moving Train (Revisited)
When I first read John Steinbeck’s Travels with Charley: In Search of America I was a freshman in high school and not yet old enough to drive. Still, I…
8K? What Can I Say…
People who are a lot smarter and more business-savvy than I am (which admittedly is not saying much) have asked me if I have Google Analytics for this site. I…
Ten Songs For Myself
Eight years ago today. I'm sure anyone who has lost a parent (or heaven forbid, a child) can understand that when this happens it becomes a line of demarcation: your…
Ten Songs For My Mother
Happy birthday, mama. Stevie Wonder, "You are the Sunshine of my Life": John Coltrane, "Naima": Booker Little, "Strength and Sanity": Janis Ian, "Tea and Sympathy": Abdullah Ibrahim, "Water…
Don’t Let Them Fool Ya…
Not much to add here (other than a h/t to my boy Jamie, who passed it along).
July 28, 1979: The Long Way Home (Revisited)
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…
Summertime is Reggae Time (Revisited)– Part Three: ‘Right Time’ by The Mighty Diamonds
Big misconception about reggae music: it’s all happy, at the beach, drinking music. Biggest misconception about reggae music: it all sounds the same. Even Bob Marley (and it is both…
William, It Was Really Nothing or, The Faux Pi of Sarah Palin
Memo to Sarah Palin: when Lady Macbeth cries "Out, damn'd spot!" she is not talking to her dalmation. I found Sarah Palin’s latest tearjerker invoking William Shakespeare particularly interesting on…
Funny Or Die + Jewel + Karaoke = Genius
Okay, you have to give it up to Jewel and the (hysterical) site Funny Or Die. Jewel recently agreed to have make-up artists (from F.O.D.) put her in disguise so she…