

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...


James BigBoy Medlin
- Jun 30, 2017
- 10 min
FEAR the FOURTH
June 30, 2017 somewhere in the southwest: -------------------------------------- “Beware the Ides of March my massive white ass!” Travis...


Randy Alfred
- Jun 30, 2017
- 4 min
The Randy List / English is Difficult
Author’s note: A friend e-mailed me the first 21 examples in the spring of 2000. I don’t know who wrote or compiled them. They’re...


Jon Carroll / joncarrollprose.com
- May 22, 2017
- 6 min
Confessions of a Boy Wonder
I didn’t sign up to be a boy wonder. I was just tooling along at the Chronicle, editing the critics and writing the occasional...


Jon Carroll / joncarrollprose.com
- Apr 18, 2017
- 2 min
Jon Carroll / Who Are You Again?
I’ve been face-blind all my life, and it’s gotten worse as I’ve gotten older. A surprising number of things have gotten better as I’ve...


James BigBoy Medlin
- Apr 10, 2017
- 3 min
The Revelations of Juarez Smythe-Jones
Have you ever wondered about the background of panhandlers? I have. That’s why I recently invited a bearded hobo to join me for lunch at...


James BigBoy Medlin
- Mar 31, 2017
- 5 min
The Man Who Ate The Dodo
Susan! Susan, I know you’ll never hear this – Oh God! I don’t even know if you’re still alive. Please forgive me. What has he done...

Words & Photographic Art by Danny “Double
- Feb 16, 2017
- 4 min
Wrestling with Donald Trump
The Democratic and Republican opponents of Donald “The Ringleader” Trump mistakenly believe they are involved in politics. In fact, they...