Mostly Dead and Read

August 7, 2008Read 10 Comments

Lifted and reprinted with my notations from Roxi Fox’s blog. FWIW I have no idea who or what “The Big Read” is but I’m appalled there’s no Toni Morrison on here. Or DeLillo. Or Walker Percy. Or “The Sheltering Sky.” Or “The Corrections.” Or “Their Eyes Were Watching God.” I thought Jonathan Safran Foer’s “Everything … Read More

Good Times, Good Times…

August 3, 2008good stuff, Read 5 Comments

Those last few weeks of July kept me hoppin’ in the studio. Realizing this past week was going to be fairly light, I decided to take the week off. Besides, my neck, shoulders, and back have both been addled by some kinks lately that definitely feel far more intrinsic than artistic so I figured a … Read More

Swamp Yankee

August 2, 2008Read 2 Comments

One of my readers was kind enough to point out recently that “Swamp Yankee,” a phrase I jokingly use to refer to my “cultural background” does not actually mean what I say it does. Harrumph! And I have such a strong appreciation (one might even call it a fetish) for linguistic precision. I ain’t changin’ … Read More

Teamwork

August 1, 2008Read 4 Comments

I was having drinks with a man at a rooftop bar recently. Next to us was a group of business folks, though the man immediately next to us seemed quite left out of his group’s conversation and apparently quite interested in mine. “Excuse me, I don’t mean to interrupt, but what did you just say?” … Read More