I’m reading Philip Roth. I didn’t plan to, I’m not that big a fan. I found “American Pastoral” to be tedious. But I read the reviews of the filmed version of “Indignation” and I became intrigued. I’m a sucker for boy meets goy at small college in the fifties stories, especially when the protagonist is […]

The first person I saw was Arianna Huffington. On the east coast it’s the Hamptons. On the west it’s Malibu. And if you haven’t been to either, you’ve got no idea it’s even further over the top than you think it is, if you think of it at all. Where I grew up, in Southern […]

They met on Craigslist. Simon Ward was already in his twenties and felt it was now or never, either he was a songwriter or he was not, you either start or you’re left behind, so far all he had was the name, which he’d posted on MySpace, that’s how far back the story goes. And […]

Revolver-Remastered – Spotify I WANT TO TELL YOU My favorite song on the album, didn’t used to be, but then… My mother made me join the temple youth group, it was non-negotiable. And they sponsored an overnight to West Hartford where we’d hear Bo Diddley. I’d skipped a grade, I looked young to begin with, […]