There’s a right way and a wrong way to do everything, or so the theory goes.
Deep Cuts: Wrong Songs
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: Running Songs
Even if we’re out of shape, we can outrun a lot of things:
Deep Cuts: Songs For Breaking Stuff
Breaking stuff gets a bad rap. When music breaks through my crusty exterior and exposes my gooey nougat center, I may be uncomfortable for a few minutes but inevitably I’m grateful. Feeling […]
From The Stacks: ‘Dance Craze’ Soundtrack (U.S. Test Pressing)
This really are 2 Tone!
Deep Cuts: Songs For No Names
I’ve had a lot of names over the course of my life. I’ve been Jimmy, Jim, James, Jimbo, Jimmy Mac, Jaime, Jamie, and Hymes. I’ve been Mr. Stafford, Dad, Son, and a […]
Deep Cuts: Ghost Songs
Songs are ghosts. They are the ghosts of moments, ages,
Deep Cuts: War Songs
The challenge with creating a playlist of war songs is that there’s so damned many of them.
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: Friend Songs
Jarod and I have been in touch over the years and we remain good friends. I haven’t talked to him in the last couple of years, but ours is one of those […]
Why It Matters 