If I were Bob Dylan, I could tell you everything that’s broken.If you know that song, you know his list is … More
Tag: #Music
One of a Kind
A friend, a school band director, professional drummer, jazz fanatic, and high-end audiophile,reports he’s just back from a west coast … More
Happy Some Before Dawn
Quieter, still quieter, quiet down the energy pent up today, for such recklessness cannot sit wasting by the window ledge … More
That’s What’s That
2021 marks the 60th anniversary of the movie version of Flower Drum Song.32 years later, a second Hollywood movie, The … More
Spin
I will enter the vault in search of the song I believe I have spun here on old vinyl.Memory could … More
Miserable Musicians
There once were two moron musiciansWho were wise about public admissionsThey thought white was rightTold their fans so – that … More
Choir
He sits there stick alert staring into space, one quivering hand resting just above the keys, the other pointing off … More
The Tests of Time
We’d known each other, worked together in the record store, for nearly six months already. By the time she came … More
Contributing to the Cause
I have been to the Bristol bus terminal enough times now to have lost count. Not a huge number of … More
Dinnertime
Charlie calls hogs, eats um, chickens too, royally roasting marbled tunes of time draped in gold and bar-b-que sauce, sweet … More
Vinyl’s Final
Vinyl was as good as dead, but it’s making a comeback.Like Lazarus, LPs have risen from the grave.The last time … More
Not for Sale
In 1973, on the heels of him rocketing into the big name star echelon, Neil Young came to Hilo Town … More
maybe try saying this
so if you can’t say every single wordthen try at least a word or tworemarking maybe howtwo neutron stars will … More
Old Dance Record
This is the way it should be for everyone who passesswing us back, some yearning mote of feather dust floatsin … More
NaNoWriMo: More About That Later, Chapter 23, A Tale of Mad City
My first semester at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, definitely had its best of times and worst of times split … More
NaNoWriMo: More About That Later, Chapter 11, Opera Man
So my sister, a charter member of the organization, said, “Come try out for the Honolulu Children’s Opera Chorus. You might … More
All That Jazz (A Lieutenant David Chan Mystery, Chapter 23)
I struggled more with writing up this case than I did the last. Because I myself wasn’t part of the case, … More
Time: Lesson #5 (September Song)
RememberSummerCountryRockDiscoPop78Era / AndRecordsCassettesCDsMP3sWaiterPlease * * * * * Aloha #WriterFriday. Today’s #WritingPrompt is music Use it to inspire a piece … More