“You can’t make me” might be one of the most childish things you can say. It’s also the theme of this year’s presidential campaign.
Deep Cuts: The You Can’t Make Me Playlist
Deep Cuts: Hill Songs
That little hill on the working class side of Denver may have been my first, but it was not my last.
Deep Cuts: Songs About Rust
Rust is a great if a little hackneyed metaphor, so I’m surprised that I have so few “rust” songs in my stacks.
Ted Z and The Wranglers Get Boots Stomping in Orange County
Orange County, California is definitely not known as a hot bed for country rock. That genre comes from mystical places like Texas and Nashville, so I was surprised when I stumbled upon […]
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 Truthiness
So yeah, telling lies to tell the emotional truth is what writing creative non-fiction is all about, provided you stick to the important facts. The list of memoirists brought down by whoppers […]
Deep Cuts: Special Guest Stars
Special guest stars make everything better, right? It’s why I always invite Bill Bixby to my holiday dinners. Don’t give me that “I’m dead” crap, Bill, it never stops my uncle Steve […]
Deep Cuts: The Best of Not The Eagles
I settled on Not The Eagles for this week’s playlist because the James Gang’s “Funk #49” blared from the speakers of this week’s story. My goal was to put together a list […]
Deep Cuts: Ghost Songs
Was I visited that night by my grandfather’s ghost? The reasonable answer is no, of course not. My dreams were simply projecting the enormous psychic weight of finally understanding his story […]
Deep Cuts: Artists I Was Completely Wrong About
Guns N’ Roses wasn’t the first band that I got completely wrong; in fact, I have quite a history of missing the bus early on. Here are a few of the many […]
