My Life in the Year 2040
I celebrated my eighty first birthday this past January thirteenth! Just nineteen more journeys for the big bright wheel in…
Blooms and Busts: An Almost VIP Take on Bonnaroo 2012
By Ben Wilkes Despite its remote location in Manchester, Tennessee, – a run-of-the-mill post-industrial American highway stop town where Wal-Mart…
Concert Report: Yeasayer at the National in Richmond, VA
When I walked into the National last night, the first thing I noticed was the stage. It appeared fuller than…
Living with Rats and Other Poems
Living with Rats They’re sneaky, quick, stealth, like a robber. Like a world-class So I hold a broomstick thief. Climb…
Bedroom Rainbows or Spelunking with Balam Acab
Balam Acab swept his fingers across a MIDI keyboard and red, green and blue water poured forth from the cascading…
Tyranny and Other Poems
Tyranny A font of words spews forth, but wisdom leaches into the soil. Perfidy, perfidy all. Ancient tomes where wisdom…
How Was Your Day?
Jake got in a little after midnight, grinning and shaking his head. His wife, Linda, met him at the door…
Abstraction and Pop Music: An Interview with Tanlines
Jesse Cohen and Eric Emm sat relaxed in leather couch in the back of DC9 as they waited for showtime…
You Said Goodnight First
YOU SAID GOODNIGHT FIRST It went on for hours Our conversation was just so good It was the being together…
Review: Tune-Yards at The Jefferson Theater
“Ladies and Gentlemen, Merrill is performing at the…” Thus begins “My Country,” the first song on w h o k…