• Two-Track Tuesday: Rising from the East

    Bally Sagoo is one of those rare musicians and DJs who can take something as ethnically cramped as a Bollywood hit and make it an international sensation. I don’t remember when I first heard about him, heard his music, but… more ›

  • Project Blog It: “It is the hour of departure…”

    The hour of departure is not the departure. It is the anticipation for the leaving that remains to come. It is the last minute rushing around the one instant that was planned and pre-planned days, weeks, and months beforehand but… more ›

  • Zimba LeafMarch 19, 1994 – September 6, 2008 Rest in peace, my little green-eyed “monster.” Zoom zoom. more ›

  • Two-Track Tuesday: 1999

    I was dreaming when I wrote this. Who knew that way back in 1982 we had the technology to cram 11 rather long songs onto one two-track cassette? What took two LPs to contain would now fit on this new… more ›

  • This is not how I am.

    The vitriol coursing through my veins. The black, black cloud of grief nestled in the corner of my soul. I find myself torn between these two old pals lately, and the knot in my belly tells me I need to… more ›

  • Project Blog It: Certitude

    I am certain that Barak Obama and his Obamanations are quite nice people. Senator Obama unquestioningly and with certitude will defend Israel’s right to exist. Yet certainly Palestinians, too, have the right to defend themselves against the incessant encroachment upon… more ›

  • Two-Track Tuesday: Ancient Heart

    It was the summer of ’89, while working at the General Cinema in south Arlington, that I discovered Tanita Tikaram. Because of my weekly pay, I was visiting music shops at least once a week to stockpile tapes and increase… more ›

  • Big Gaping Kitty

    Malika, the newest cat to cross our threshold, was spayed Tuesday at our veterinary in south Arlington. After moving to Plano, our veterinary is an hour’s drive away. I went to pick her up yesterday. Her shaved belly revealed a… more ›

  • Project Blog It: Function of Art

    Art has no function, but the function of art is to revolutionize society. Art that functions to revolutionize society is nothing but mere propaganda. But art that serves its functionless function transcends propaganda. The function of art is to enact… more ›

  • Two-Track Tuesday: There’s nothing casual …

    … about being a casualty. Listening to these songs in the parking lot this afternoon made me feel a bit antisocial and embarrassed. I was sitting in the car with the windows down, and every time someone would walk by,… more ›