James BigBoy Medlin
- Jan 22, 2018
- 5 min
WHY NOT? / Three Notes Searching for a Tune
November: Befuddlement Perhaps you might have a cure for my case of Chronic Befuddlement. The first symptoms appeared after hearing...
Bill Bentley
- Jan 3, 2018
- 2 min
The Haiku Reviews / Bentley's Bandstand
The end of the year seems like a good time to collect some of the righteous reissues that have come out in the past 12 months and help...
Bob Brown
- Nov 28, 2017
- 25 min
The Further Adventures of Shag Clutter “A Cabin in the Pines", Part 1
Burt stormed out of his manufactured home, leaving his wife in bed puking into a trashcan and twin four-year-olds bawling at each other...
George Rains
- Oct 19, 2017
- 7 min
A Pig's Tale
Pete Ross was driving through the countryside from Austin to Marble Falls. The well-worn two-lane farm roads with their cracks and...
James BigBoy Medlin
- Aug 15, 2017
- 3 min
Enchanted by Silver City
Thirteen years ago Lynn and I were living in the Los Angeles beach community known as Venice. One day we got a phone call from Lynn’s...
Jon Carroll / joncarrollproserose.com
- Jul 7, 2017
- 4 min
Jon Carroll / Manly Men
I’m writing this in order to find out what I think. I do not expect this to be easy. I am treading in weirdly dangerous territory, and I...