Deliver Me From Nowhere: Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Nebraska’ at 40
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Original Poem: RICHARD PRYOR ON THE SUNSET STRIP, 1982: AN EXEGESIS
I consider Richard Pryor’s Live in Concert (’79) the single best stand up special in...
Original Poem: Lightnin’ Hopkins’s Bottle
It’s a thrill to once again grace the pages of The Blue Mountain Review. As...
Steadfast and Inimitable: The Sound & Vision of Pharoah Sanders
Not a fan of Led Zeppelin, The Clash’s Paul Simonon once opined: “Just looking at...
Celebrating Sue Mingus
Sad to hear the news of Sue Mingus’s passing, but am here to celebrate an...
Yes: Close to the Edge at 50
Listening to Yes is like listening to opera: the words are, or may as well...
Barbara Ehrenreich and the Dignity of Labor
It seems specious, even disingenuous, to suggest that a well-known, best-selling author is both underrated...
Sy Johnson: RIP
Let’s face it. There were few human beings who could give Charles Mingus what he...
August 2002 – August 2022: Sanctuary
I visited my mother’s grave the first several years for the same reason I used...
August 2002 – August 2022: Three Poems
The Things Prepping for a Colonoscopy Procedure Prepares You For… The pre-procedure, a to-do list...