Pages

▼
Friday, March 21, 2014

A Southern Song (without A Mammy, A Mule, Or A Moon)

›
“No experienced writer would ever think of using Massachusetts in a song title, and yet this state is just as picturesque and romanti...
Monday, March 10, 2014

I Thought I Heard James McKune Say: A Review of In Search of the Blues by Marybeth Hamilton

›
In the Beatles mockumentary “All You Need Is Cash” – tracing the story of the “prefab Four,” the Rutles – the narrator (played by E...
Monday, February 10, 2014

Return of Old Fogey, or a Letter to Jon Keller

›
It seems Old Fogeyism and the generational issues associated with it are around us everywhere these days.  The 50 th anniversary of the Bea...
1 comment:
Sunday, February 2, 2014

Not Talkin' 'Bout My Generation

›
Burn down the disco, hang the blessed DJ Because the music that they constantly play It says nothing to me about my ...
3 comments:
Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Archaeology and the Arab Spring

›
An article in the Guardian featuring before and after pictures of Syrian monuments damaged by years of conflict has been making t...
3 comments:
Thursday, January 16, 2014

Climax and Resolution in Hitchcock’s Films

›
In a suspense story such as a murder mystery, the storyteller has choices – a limited set of choices, to be sure, but ...
Friday, January 10, 2014

Writing Old School, part 2

›
Nothing New Under the Big Black Sun or, Attack of the Midget Submarines "There are people who still believe in the spirit o...