We’re in the midst of a cultural shift. A few years back, I became addicted to a Discovery Channel show about climbing Mt. Everest.  Discovery is channel 3 on my Time Warner system.  In fact, Discovery’s got great placement on all viewing systems.  Still, I could not find a single soul who’d seen the show […]

Do what you do, don’t bring me down I was driving down the San Diego Freeway, sun in my face, the interior of my car still cold from sitting outside overnight, listening to Deep Tracks. They played that Manassas track "Right Now"…  This is the quintessential Stills, not the debut which got all the hoopla.  […]

There was an incident in the checkout line.  A woman wearing one of those convention badges was in a snit.  She accused the tattooed clerk of being "cavalier".  I wondered if she employed this description to show her superiority.  After all, it wasn’t his fault. At least that’s what he ultimately told me, five minutes […]

From: Joe Weinstein    Subject: Re: The Millennium Trilogy ha! i was just about to curse you for torturing me.  i read plays w fire a couple weeks ago while in southern thailand.  just yesterday i ran into a couple women from estonia who are staying at the same hotel as i in sri lanka.  one […]