Ten Songs For Myself
Sean MurphyEight 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…
Ten Ways of Looking at Four Decades
I. Listen: When some of your best friends are people who exist elsewhere—characters in books you’ve read, musicians you’ll never meet, people from the past who died decades (even centuries)…
Top 50 Albums of the Decade, Part Four
20. Fiona Apple, Extraordinary Machine (2005) Mad genius? Compulsive artiste? Fragile chanteuse? Misunderstood icon? All of the above? More? Whatever it is (and it could be none of this), there…
Rush Limbaugh: Don’t Hate The Player, Hate The Game
Beneath contempt? Of course. Shameless? Obviously. A ludicrous, cowardly ass clown? Clearly. A bullying blowhard? Yup. A self-aggrandizing huckster who sells snake piss to imbelices and laughs all the way…
The Verdict Is In: Top 10 of 2009
Let's do this. 1o. Mastodon: Crack The Skye Some men let their freak flags fly. Some men get tatted up and sport full arm sleeves. Other men get tattoos…
Heart Full of Soul: The Return of Living Colour
The rumors of Living Colour’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. They are back, but perhaps more to the point, they were never really gone. The Chair in the Doorway, their…
Ten Songs To Celebrate The Fall of the Wall
Beethoven, Symphony No. 3, 1st Movement Grant Green, “Exodus” Rahsaan Roland Kirk, “Balm in Gilead” John Coltrane, “Psalm” Philip Glass, “String Quartet No. 5” Jimi Hendrix, “Beginnings” Bob…
Information Overload: A User’s Guide
Today is Information Overload Awareness Day Information Overload Awareness Day (www.informationoverloadday.com) is a…