Whack to the future
I have a sneaky feeling that things are going to be worse 100 years from now. It just hit me the other day — thanks to Jaron Lanier’s Who Owns … Continue reading
Shawn Phillips plays the sitar whilst perched on a table in the presence of Pete Seeger and Donovan
Positively surreal, eh? TV was so much more interesting back then… (I like how Pete Seeger calls it the see-tar too.) This prompted me to rediscover Shawn Phillips. I liked … Continue reading
Self-publishing wake-up call No. 999
Just finished reading Alina Simone’s piece in the NYT about the plight of creative artists in our winner-take-all economy. She tells a familiar tale of having to self-promote her music … Continue reading
Sometimes I write humorous verse…
Another on the theme of aging. I passed this mark some time ago, but for those of you born in ’63: On Turning Fifty At first you don’t suspect a … Continue reading
It’s raining again…
I’ve been working this week to my usual background music (morning classical, later jazz or indie rock), but I’ve added some texture to it: rain. You might recall my post … Continue reading
“How did I ever get along with five?!”
I come from a strange land, in a distant time, where and when we gave children toys that appeared to be human appendages but were actually miniature firearms. Yes, and … Continue reading
See if you’re literate enough to have voted in 1964 Louisiana
At the risk of getting too political for a writerly blog, I think it’s important to keep the past in transparent perspective. Nowadays we have voter I.D. laws which appear … Continue reading
WHAT THE HELL 