On the Verge: Year of Bests – 2016
A few years back, I did not publish a year-end piece on those articles I most enjoyed reading for the period. Routinely, my online browsing turns up…
Fall Back: Year of Bests – 2016
A few years back, I did not publish a year-end piece on those articles I most enjoyed reading for the period. Routinely, my online browsing turns up…
TMT: “Help me get my feet back on the ground”
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time, a series that was begun here. The following was inspired by attending last weekend’s screening…
Best Album Covers: Meet the Beatles
This is the next entry in Best Album Covers, a series begun right here. The first successful long-playing microgroove record for the phonograph was introduced by Columbia Records back in June of…
Winter’s Tail: Year of Bests – 2015
Way back when, I did not publish a year-end piece on those articles I most enjoyed reading for the period. Routinely, my online browsing turns up a…
Book Review – The Beatles’ Second Album (Rock of Ages) by Dave Marsh
At this very moment, playing on the vintage (almost forty year-old) Technics turntable as I write this is an artifact of my youth. A five decades-old LP — okay, the…
Autumnal Evident: Year of Bests – 2015
Way back when, I did not publish a year-end piece on those articles I most enjoyed reading for the period. Routinely, my online browsing turns up a…
61 Thoughts on This Day
In no particular order on this the thirteenth day of August, halfway through the second decade of the 21st century:
Mix Tape of My Life: Something Old, New, and Onward
Usually, I really don’t need much of an excuse to post something with music in it. So, when The Daily Post’s recent writing prompt landed in my…
13 Perfect Cinematic Moments (via Song) – A Fistful of Moments BLOGATHON
With Ruth’s (and Ted’s) wonderful contribution of late to Andrew’s fine idea of blogging about our favorite scenes over at A Fistful of Films Blog, I was inspired to take part.…
Spring Forward: Year of Bests – 2015
A couple of years back, I did not publish a year-end piece on those articles I most enjoyed reading for the period. Routinely, my online browsing turns…
The Soundtrack of My Life – The 00s
My local colleague Arlee Bird from Tossing It Out broached a meme a few years back that certainly intrigued: The Soundtrack of My Life As Arlee…
The Soundtrack of My Life – The 90s
My local colleague Arlee Bird from Tossing It Out broached a meme a few years back that certainly intrigued: The Soundtrack of My Life As Arlee…
The Soundtrack of My Life – The 60s
My local colleague Arlee Bird from Tossing It Out broached a meme a few years back that certainly intrigued: The Soundtrack of My Life As Arlee…
Stay Frosty: Year of Bests – 2014
A couple of years back, I did not publish a year-end piece on those articles I most enjoyed reading for the period. Routinely, my online browsing turns…
Forever Autumn: Year of Bests – 2014
A couple of years back, I did not publish a year-end piece on those articles I most enjoyed reading for the period. Routinely, my online browsing turns…
Labor Day Special: Beatles Mixtape for Joe
Yesterday, friend and author Joe Maddrey over at his blog, Movies Made Me, noted this in his enjoyably contemplative Music Made Me #1: Nirvana vs. Pearl Jam post:…
Purely Because of a Movie – Songs on My iPod Part 11
Continuing my summer of 2014 series, which was begun right here and chronicled my history with said device, examining the music that ended up on my iPod byway of the…
TMT: “I now declare this bridge open!”
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time, a series that was begun here. It will be a special record in this ongoing mini-memoir of…
Reprise » Because of Him :: Greatest Guitar Riffs
Some years ago, our local oldies station, KRTH, posed a question to its listeners. Call in and list your favorite guitar riffs. All in honor of the…
It Rains... You Get Wet 