Impulsive compulsive consumerizer that I am, it doesn’t take much. So, I was toast when the face stared out at me from the ‘zine rack by checkout at Jeff Bezos’ grocery store — purposely there to snare a dude with my predilection. From the way back machine. Someone I haven’t thought about for decades frankly. […]
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Screen door slams/ Mary’s dress sways/ Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays It is the opening line of the opening tune of Bruce Springsteen’s 1975 masterwork of an album, “Born To Run.” A collection of eight short stories no less relevant and seminal than Salinger’s “Nine Stories,” or Joyce’s […]
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My my my generation is one that grew up learning how to dial a rotary phone, which plugged into the wall with wires that ran to a telephone pole outside. Some of us experienced the oddness of family lines, where several households had the same number and could listen in on the others’ calls. True. […]
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It has happened a few times recently. A moment when I’ve been chided with something like, “You’re the Culture Maven, or so you say, but you don’t seem to be posting much about, eh, culture. “The occasional movie review, or another blog about how much you love the Tedeschi Trucks band, but not much else. […]
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In the nature of rock & roll acknowledgment, it is a mistake, an egregious omission of the highest order. A travesty. For those like me obsessed with such matters, it is difficult to swallow. Thus, I hardly give a glance to the annual induction announcement from the institution that ostensibly is the chronicler of excellence […]
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Yes, kids, that’s me wearing my personalized Hoopaholic ballcap. All day, Derby Day. Along with a Dr. Gonzo Kentucky Derby is decadent and depraved t-shirt. As for the quote on the back above the signature of Randall Ave’s Favorite Tormentor, “From that point on, the weekend became a vicious drunken nightmare,” those days are long […]
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One of Glorious Editor’s cute quirks is his annual call for members of the Commentariat to regurgitate their most mondo bizzaro stories of how they got home from the track on Derby Day. Hey, since, I got the key to the gate, I’ll weigh in. And, triple post it at all my venues. And, in […]
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It is that time of the year when I attempt annually to wring a drop or two of blood from the turnip. When, as JazzFest sits just over the horizon, I attempt to regale you with some tales I haven’t overtold, heralding how very very much I love Fest and New Orleans, why it has […]
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Yet again, I am struck by how one’s personal situation, health, station in life, sense of well being, all that personal stuff affects one’s perception. It’s a significant thing to keep in mind. Whether it’s how we hear a new song. Or meet someone new. Or watch a film. Chasing down some rabbit hole or […]
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One song. Two moments. One that actually happened and was pretty special. The other a dream denied. The song: Ghost Riders in the Sky. It’s just one of those tunes that’s lingered around, maleable, adaptable, written by Stan Jones in the late 1940s. It’s been dubbed the Greatest Western Song Ever. But that is far […]
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Back when, you know, in the day, there would be more than occasional Saturdays that arrived without evening plans. So, they began at the record store. Karma. ear x-Tacy. Looking for somebody to flirt with. Knowing some similar music obsessives would be there to chat up, maybe with knowledge of where that night’s action was. […]
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I am a desperado. One who has for all the bounty I’ve enjoyed in life been somewhat desperate of soul. An outlaw of sorts once upon a time. Just as a descriptor, it is a sonorous word, with which I’ve been fascinated. It’s use in two totally different tunes is something I’ve been meaning to […]
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