Original Poem: Gen X Exegesis
Sean MurphyWhere are my #GenX at? This one's for you. It's also for those older and younger than us, who are either confused or impressed or, hopefully, inspired by our resilience…
Richard Lewis: Farewell and Thank You
Curb Your Enthusiasm has been a ceaseless source of joy for me the last two decades, and my capacity to revisit certain episodes (in general) and specific scenes (in particular)…
Two More Poems via The Good Men Project
It continues to be a pleasure and sincere honor to have several poems appear at The Good Men Project (a site and, yes, project, I wholeheartedly endorse on creative and spiritual levels).…
Original Poem: St. Elmo’s Fire
Once again the team at The Blue Mountain Review (led by the indefatigable Charles Clifford Brooks III) works magic, putting together another gorgeous issue crammed with first-rate content. This is…
Deliver Me From Nowhere: Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Nebraska’ at 40
Perhaps because of what followed—the next album, the acclaim—Springsteen’s decision to make the ultimate lo-fi album seems even more prescient, appropriate, and perfect. If Darkness on the Edge of Town was a,…
William Hurt: The Complete Package
Sexy. Cerebral. Inscrutable. William Hurt, in part because he was perfect and in part because he remained impossible to pin down, was the thinking cinema fan’s god, always easy on…
This Week in Music, 1983 (Revisited)
I don't know what you were up to but I was partying like it was 1983. Due to the miracles of technology, we can see precisely how I was living,…
This Week in Music: 1983
I don't know what you were up to but I was partying like it was 1983. Due to the miracles of technology, we can see precisely how I was living,…