We Were Then

That silver flame subdued all color into black and white. Remembering neon paint and black light nights. I recall the … More

Soundproof

For the first two years in Madison, I live in Susan Bradford Hall. It’s on Greek Row. Once a dorm … More

I squint, and even though I oddly see you tiny and distorted through the peephole, I can make out her … More

If I were Bob Dylan, I could tell you everything that’s broken.If you know that song, you know his list is … More

A friend, a school band director, professional drummer, jazz fanatic, and high-end audiophile,reports he’s just back from a west coast … More

Quieter, still quieter, quiet down the energy pent up today, for such recklessness cannot sit wasting by the window ledge … More

2021 marks the 60th anniversary of the movie version of Flower Drum Song.32 years later, a second Hollywood movie, The … More

I will enter the vault in search of the song I believe I have spun here on old vinyl.Memory could … More

There once were two moron musiciansWho were wise about public admissionsThey thought white was rightTold their fans so – that … More

He sits there stick alert staring into space, one quivering hand resting just above the keys, the other pointing off … More

We’d known each other, worked together in the record store, for nearly six months already. By the time she came … More

I have been to the Bristol bus terminal enough times now to have lost count. Not a huge number of … More

Charlie calls hogs, eats um, chickens too, royally roasting marbled tunes of time draped in gold and bar-b-que sauce, sweet … More

Vinyl was as good as dead, but it’s making a comeback.Like Lazarus, LPs have risen from the grave.The last time … More

In 1973, on the heels of him rocketing into the big name star echelon, Neil Young came to Hilo Town … More

so if you can’t say every single wordthen try at least a word or tworemarking maybe howtwo neutron stars will … More

This is the way it should be for everyone who passesswing us back, some yearning mote of feather dust floatsin … More

My first semester at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, definitely had its best of times and worst of times split … More

So my sister, a charter member of the organization, said, “Come try out for the Honolulu Children’s Opera Chorus. You might … More

I struggled more with writing up this case than I did the last. Because I myself wasn’t part of the case, … More