And so the Stafford family crossed the Great Plains on two-lane highways that paralleled
The Rather Unusual Obituary of Jim Stafford, Part Two
Deep Cuts: Monkey Songs
A recent Atlantic Monthly article suggesting that humans domesticated themselves by killing off the violent males in their midst sparked a short story idea.
Deep Cuts: Lucky Songs
Finding a butcher cover in a stack of garbage is pretty damned lucky, or is it?
From The Stacks: ‘The Dells vs. The Dramatics’
Can you take a wild guess what this record is doing in my stacks?
From the Stacks: Chuck Berry, ‘The Chess Box’
When Chess Records released The Chess Box in 1988, Chuck Berry was enjoying one last major revival in a career that began with a reform school quartet in the mid-1940s and will […]
Deep Cuts: Change Songs
Change and innovation are the name of the game.
Deep Cuts: Court Songs
You aren’t here for a civics lesson, but you’re going to get one anyway: Take your jury duty seriously.
Deep Cuts: Songs for the Beautiful People
Here’s the big mistake I made as a younger man:
Deep Cuts: Mustang Songs
I never bought my dream vintage Mustang, but when Ford introduced the retro body style in 2005 I couldn’t wait to buy one.
Deep Cuts: Masturbation Songs
Flogging the dolphin. Beating the Bishop. Choking the chicken. Bopping the baloney. Don’t pretend you don’t do it.
Why It Matters 