Original Poem: We Were Too Young to be That Old
Sean MurphyI’m grateful to Nine Cloud Journal for publishing my work (you can read it by...
The Day the Music Died, Redux: John Lennon, Dec 8, 1980
It was forty years ago today… Where were you? I was in my mother’s bedroom, kissing...
Original Poem: John Coltrane’s Cancer
I’ve written a ton about John Coltrane, easily one of my all-time sources of light,...
Original Poem: What a Wonderful World?
Couple of things: if you only know Louis Armstrong because of his ebullient and impossible...
Eddie Van Halen: Rock Music’s Book of Revelation
When it comes to Eddie Van Halen, we are talking about an artist everyone would...
Original Short Fiction: Anodyne, Ever After
Thanks, once again, to the great team at Exterminating Angel for allowing me in another...
Arkana’s Contributor Spotlight: Sean Murphy
(Personal note: Big thanks to the folks at Arkana for publishing my short story, provocatively...
Goodfellas at 30: The Most Definitive American Movie of the Last Three Decades
First, a confession. I did not love Goodfellas the first time I saw it (in the theater,...
Jimi Hendrix: Five Decades Gone
It was 50 years ago, today. Attention, of course, must (and will) be paid, but...
Toots Hibbert: The Force of Life & Love in Music
Was Toots and his 1968 hit “Do the Reggay,” responsible for popularizing both the name...