Fissures at an Excavation

She was slightly over thirty years of age (31) when she died and as of today she is gone exactly thirty years. Her voice sounds as haunting...

A few days ago, I received notice from Danny O'Keefe's website (Dannyokeefe.com) that his new album, "In Time", is finall...

They could be 'brudders'... I know there is a song in that line somewhere. Last Sunday, I went to see Randy Newman with the Milwauke...

OK, so it's been awhile. On my trek around the blog, I stopped at the corner market to pick up some bread and juice and I ran into some...

I first became aware of the name, Bert Jansch, from listening to the early Donovan records. In fact, Donovan titled one of his songs, ...

I have been listening to the latest cd from Barry Moore, aka Luka Bloom, entitled Innocence , which was released stateside in Spring of this...

While this isn't the most sensational of the legendary (New York crime scene photographer) Wee Gee's photos, it is one of his most p...

"When the coal brick man comes round, On a cold November day You'll be on the Celtic Ray, Are you ready?" From "Celtic...

A Day in the Soup... This item was in today's Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. Not sure how it's all connected but it sure sounds like i...

Now that the Dems have recaptured both houses, maybe they can move this country forward. Let's hope last Tuesdays's election resul...

Even though advertising agencies have plundered just about every recognizable hit song from the 60s and 70s for television spots, there seem...

While working at the computer last week, I was streaming the excellent college radio station here in Rogers Park (Chicago), WLUW (the Loyo...

She used to be quite the spitfire (or as they would say on the East Coast, a "pisser"), even as a little kitten. In the few months...

When I took her in (from my neighbor who is a vet tech), I wasn't sure what to name her. I had given almost all my previous cats names t...

"And the ship sets the sail They've lived the tale To carry from the shore Straining at the oars Or staring from the rail And the s...

I watched a fascinating interview between Tim Russert and Annie Leibovitz earlier this afternoon. I do wish Russert asked Leibovitz more pr...

“... A springful of larks in a rolling Cloud and the roadside bushes brimming with whistling Blackbirds and the sun of ...

“... the enemy I see wears a cloak of decency...” Bob Dylan (from "Slow Train Coming") Copyright © 1...

From "Urge for Going" (Joni Mitchell) "I awoke today and found the frost perched on the town It hovered in a frozen sky then ...

"Burger-mortis... your meal ticket to heaven!"

I first stumbled upon the music of Danny O' Keefe in a cut-out (cheapie) bin sometime around 1974. The songwriter's name seemed fa...

Hmmm... eventually I'll get this right. I have moved everything over from the old site (four days old at that!) and am now using the ne...