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We need to go darker
Katy Perry’s “Wide Awake” has been on my playlist all week long, an incongruity even sandwiched inside an eclectic playlist that includes Hendrix, Dylan, the Byrds, Tom Petty, Richard Ashcroft, Thomas...
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Yes, I would like Fry with that
I come to you today with a confession, though not one unfamiliar to anyone who’s peeked at my Twitter biography. I am an Anglophile. Although perhaps it’s more precise to say I have Anglophile...
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A Writer’s Journey Through Disney World: Part IV
The Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow was Walt Disney’s prophetic vision of how we would be living today; a vast city thriving on the substance of its connections. Walt wanted people to...
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What Kind of Tweeter Are You?
Oh, dear, dear Twitter, how I love thee. Since I never have time for television anymore, movies are too expensive and regular social gatherings terrify me, Twitter has become a combination news/...
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Son of a preacher man
I’m fighting through a fog today; one of those insidious, creeping mists that slithers through your ears into your brain and blurs the connections between the synapses with shrouded fingers. Maybe...
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The Advice Guy Is In!
Anyone who blogs is familiar with search engine spam: the nigh-incomprehensible, often hilarious terms that somewhere, someone is typing into Google and finding themselves directed to your site with....
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With a Song in My Heart: A is for…
“All You Need is Love,” The Beatles, 1967. So we begin this 30-day, 26-song collection with what might seem a fairly obvious choice; indeed, an immensely popular, zeitgeist-entrenched piece of music...
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With a Song in My Heart: F is for…
“The Fool on the Hill” – The Beatles, 1967. Once dismissed by a critic as a “most unworthy Beatles standard,” and certainly not one that gets any regular airplay, “The Fool on the Hill” makes my list...
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With a Song in My Heart: N is for…
“Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)” – The Beatles, 1965. My wife and I are fond of saying that adopting an older child is a bit like dating; you’re attempting to integrate another fully formed...
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With a Song in My Heart: V is for…
“Valotte” – Julian Lennon, 1984. Without exception, the first reaction anyone has when hearing Julian Lennon sing is “wow, he really sounds like his dad.” Released a mere four years after John Lennon...
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