James BigBoy Medlin
Jan 22, 20185 min read
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, 20182 min read
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, 201725 min read
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, 20177 min read
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, 20173 min read
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, 20174 min read
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, 201710 min read
FEAR the FOURTH
June 30, 2017 somewhere in the southwest: -------------------------------------- “Beware the Ides of March my massive white ass!” Travis...
Randy Alfred
Jun 30, 20174 min read
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, 20176 min read
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, 20172 min read
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, 20173 min read
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, 20175 min read
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, 20174 min read
Wrestling with Donald Trump
The Democratic and Republican opponents of Donald “The Ringleader” Trump mistakenly believe they are involved in politics. In fact, they...