Taking his stream of consciousness literally, writer Jack Kerouac composed the first draft of On the Road in just three weeks in April, 1951. With some...
The pliability and tolerance within political ideology and movements often shows up in the titles and metaphors they bring to the table. The Tea Party, for...
“This tastes really big!” “Yeah, it’s really good!” These were the exclamations shared by my wife and me upon our first taste of the black bean...
Perhaps best known for the energetic recordings and live appearances in the San Diego-based power pop outfit Roxy Monoxide, guitarist Scott Samuels has opted for the...
Bands that play Celtic-based acoustic folk and bluegrass music are often steeped in a tradition of established story songs, reels, and shanties that long ago established...
The best songs hurt. They bring us into heightened awareness of our own pain. They strip away the sugar coating and lay bare the hard truths...
Nat King Cole once sang of those “Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer” complete with “soda and pretzels and beer.” George Gershwin thought the “livin’ was...
It has 88 keys, three pedals, weighs 800 pounds, and in the right hands, a piano is the most versatile of all musical instruments, one that...
Even as it was happening, 1968 seemed to be the Ride of the Century. It zoomed along Time’s highway, blindly changing lanes and bouncing off guard...
