RIP Ben E. King
Good night, Ben.
Read moreTomorrow is First Friday: get out and support the arts
According to Wikipedia: Some cities hold Gallery hops and “art walks,” in which a number of the town’s art galleries or artists’ studios will open their doors into Friday evening.
Read moreBernie Sanders is running! Now, let’s get him a theme song
Paging Matthew Grimm. Bernie is in. And I’m in for Bernie. One of the first things I thought was that the campaign needs a song. Maybe two. It needs an artist, one of us. There are many candidates. Jason Isbell comes to mind. So does Jeffrey Dean Foster. And maybe Paul Lewis. Or The Lost Patrol or The Blueflowers. Or
Read more“Butterfly Melt,” by Anda Volley: Saturday Video Roundup
Our friend Anda Volley is back, and her latest music exploration leans into the sort of ambient I have always been intrigued by. Also, great video. Tune in, turn on, happy Saturday.
Read moreFour to go…
I almost titled this “Self-Portrait.”
Read morePhotography may have saved my life
One of the symptoms of depression is an addiction to rumination. The vicious cycle of negative thinking that strips us of energy and desire. It is precisely our obsession with working out what makes us unhappy that makes us unhappy. – Chris Corner You don’t walk away from something that was central to your very being for 35 years without
Read moreFrom idea to print: the artistic process of Anders Thyr
My friend Anders Thyr is an extremely talented illustrator and designer, and I’m quite a fan of his work. His ongoing Weltschmerz Bears series, for instance, manages to be both whimsical and deeply thought-provoking, and it has gotten me pondering the ways humor can open a subversive back door into my intellect.
Read moreThe twisting, capricious nature of “blessings”
Yesterday was … unsettling. Any time you’re meeting with your physician and the words “brain tumor” come out of her mouth, it’s going to make you sit up a little straighter, even if she’s mostly dismissing it as a possibility. Mostly. As I have noted before, I suffer from a disorder that causes significant vertigo issues and, commencing in the
Read moreDear sports establishment: STOP CRAMMING TIGER WOODS DOWN OUR THROATS
Masters coverage: Of networks, pundits, kneepads and chapstick. I watched final round coverage of the Masters today and in case you didn’t hear yet, Jordan Spieth was transcendent. There was a problem, though. The network obviously focused camera time on the Spieth/Dustin Rose pairing, which is where all the drama was (not that there was much actual drama once they
Read moreJ-Pop just breaking new gate: Saturday Video Roundup with BabyMetal, Band-Maid and Dir En Grey
It was a big week for Japanese Pop. Turns out SONY has signed Metal/GirlPop fusioneers BabyMetal, with designs on taking over America. And earlier in the week I discovered Band-Maid. It only seemed right that I’d share all this, plus a little bonus, with our readers. Let’s start here.
Read moreCandy: 1957 Ford Thunderbird
Father Nature: have some Well Wishers for Saturday Video Roundup
It’s a beautiful spring day out there. Let’s get it started with Jeff Shelton and The Well Wishers, shall we?
Read moreIt’s First Friday, America – get out and celebrate the arts
All across the country people will be celebrating First Friday tonight.
Read moreReligious Freedom Restoration Act: it’s Schroedinger’s Discrimination Law
Indiana Governor Mike Pence wants to “fix” the state’s controversial new law. Indiana Gov. Mike Pence aggressively defended Indiana’s religious freedom law Tuesday but said he wants a bill on his desk by week’s end “making it clear the law does not allow businesses the right to deny services to anyone.” “This law does not give anyone the right to discriminate,”
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