At the end of my interview with the Montreal radio station, the DJ shifted into a solemn tone and said he wanted to ask about a very serious anniversary. The […]

Soon it will be the anniversary of Lennon’s murder, that national psychic car crash of 1980. I remember the night like a concussion. One of the zillions of poor bastards […]

At the accordion store I used the bathroom. Saw this on the wall, “How do you know a music lawyer’s telling the truth?Don’t worry it’s never come up.”

The world mistakes plainness for blasphemy. John Lennon said things plainly, maybe too plainly. The Beatles said they were “bigger than Jesus,” which was not asserting divinity, just interpreting sickness. […]

Reading Coleman Hughes’s tweets about Candace Owens. I like his podcast very much. Says what he thinks all the while not sounding like a sermon. I liked his rap songs […]

At a party two weeks ago, I heard an American in his eighties, a retired teacher talk about murder. A moment earlier the conversation was about food, about school, ordinary […]

I wasn’t expecting congratulations when I mentioned handing in my PhD writing yesterday, all I really did was hit submit. People replied as if I’ve suddenly become Dr. Wiseman, but […]

Lately, I’ve been in conversations about platforms like Patreon or Locals, and how they differ from traditional blogging. I will try one of them, but I’m drawn more to Locals […]