Last time I came across this song I lost two hours of my life revisiting everything else Shane MacGowan had done.  You will draw your own conclusions regarding the man…View post

Started the morning with Pink Floyd’s Meddle.  Then Marvin Gaye.  Every time I listen to Marvin Gaye I’m amazed anew at the lithe, searing, longing, angry sound of his voice. …View post

Yesterday’s radio interview is here: available here as an MP3. Computer needed some tuning over the weekend.  For nearly fifteen years now, my friend Krister has grown used to my…View post

One morning in Madison, Wisconsin (after having a Teddywedgers pasty for breakfast) (ate it while sitting on the Capitol steps, no less) I sat down with Matt Rothschild of the…View post

My wife and I and the bundled tots waded through deep snow all the way to the back side of the pole barn and cut the Christmas tree today.  It’s…View post