“Be the Dude” Now there’s some internet-friendly, tweet-ready advice for ya. Welcome to a line of laid-back thought claiming many disciples, inspiring Dude-A-Thons and Lebowski…
As promised. Here’s my personal top 5 or so that caught the ear in 2011. I tried to keep most of this confined to 2011…
As a younger man, I flirted with the thought that I might make it as a rock ‘n roll reviewer. A few school paper write-ups…
Why do I read the books I read? Got my reasons. Three of ’em: There’s the stuff I read because I should (another turn through…
Jose Feliciano. His mellifluous name always brings two things to mind: Steve Buscemi in Fargo and David Sedaris taking guitar lessons. Good stuff, both. But…
My favorite drug got the full-length treatment in Daniel Levitin’s science-lite best seller. I’d heard the guy interviewed a long time back, methinks on a…
You can thank me for keeping your RSS feed whistle-clean, but my oughtta-write-that list is about to burst. There’s been a lot of nifty shiz…
Most every September 1st I pour myself a little Big Star. Yesterday it slipped my mind. It was 90 sweaty degrees, the most August of…
The other day I read that Booker’s got a brand new bag. So with a good-to-see-you-again grin, I picked up the pieces and revisited his…
Some alternate titles to this post would include: “It Takes A Village to Kill a Pop Song” “Death By 50 Tracks” Or to quote Tim…