Bleu Room with a Red Vase: Catching a Star at Jones Beach
A gentle breeze carried across the dark blue ocean. The scent of saltwater air was a sweet flavor always missed…
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The Absurd, Bureaucratic Hell That Is the American Police State
“The greatest evil is not now done in those sordid ‘dens of crime’ that Dickens loved to paint. It is…
Echo Bloom Stuns with their Live Performance Record ‘Blue Shift’
With this being my first experience with Echo Bloom and their music, I am considerably awed by the never-ending beauty…
The Stealing of America by the Cops, the Courts, the Corporations and Congress
“What the government is good at is collecting taxes, taking away your freedoms and killing people. It’s not good at…
Old Movies
Now that my cable provider has gotten ahold of a batch of old Samuel Goldwyn movies, no doubt at a…
On Reading ‘A Government of Wolves’
Close your eyes. Imagine you are George Winston. It is 1984. You are concerned about Big Brother watching you. The…
Forgetting Him
Emperor Caligula declared war on Poseidon and ordered his soldiers to thrust their spears into random, threatening, foaming waves. I…
Deep Rock from Down Under – Tim Fontaine and Boroko
Australian singer-songwriter Tim Fontaine saw a major transition of style and scenery in 2011 when he moved from Melbourne to…
‘Hacia el Sol’ Has Sold Me On Allison Strong
A little explanation regarding this review- I had initially meant to cover Allison Strong’s new single “One and Only,” but…
The Panda Complex
“When I first met Yaba, I was so nervous I threw up on a fern in her enclosure.” Norman Spitzer…