Bill Bentley
- Jan 21, 2020
- 10 min
Bentley's Bandstand / Best of 2019
So many new albums released in 2019 undoubtedly prove that music is not only alive and well, but continues to make the world twirl ’round...
Jeffrey Nightbyrd Shero
- Jan 20, 2020
- 1 min
On Martin Luther King Day, 2020
Martin Luther King day. The news clips I see show portions of his prophetic 'I have a Dream' speech, and make him out to be a saint. I...
Tamim Ansary / Art by Dan Hubig
- Jan 8, 2020
- 6 min
World War III
The assassination of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani on orders from Donald Trump has many people asking: could this mark the beginning of...
Danny N. Schweers
- Jan 2, 2020
- 1 min
Photo Prayer / January 2020
Everything is new under the sun. Everything is just beginning. Nothing sits still. We are all in free fall, trusting we will bounce. ...
Bill Bentley
- Dec 17, 2019
- 10 min
Bentley's Bandstand / December 2019
Marc Broussard A Lullaby Collection SOS III For all-time soul singers who are always exploring new areas looking for songs, Marc...
Danny N. Schweers
- Dec 17, 2019
- 1 min
Photo Prayer / November 2019
The moon is an egg waiting to be hatched. Simple geometry is an oxymoron. Where do thoughts come from? Thoughts appear in our minds as...
H.H. Howze
- Nov 21, 2019
- 5 min
A December Night on the River: A Cautionary Tale
Be prepared. – Boy Scout motto I didn’t intend spending one of the last Saturday nights before I turned 70 trying to stay warm on a...
Danny N. Schweers
- Nov 19, 2019
- 1 min
Photo Prayer / November 2019
I love the way grass stems, blown back and forth by the wind, sweep graceful arcs across the sand. May we, blown by the winds of change,...
Bill Bentley
- Nov 19, 2019
- 13 min
Bentley's Bandstand / November 2019
Joseph Arthur Come Back World. If there is a present day hidden missile waiting in the rock ranks ready to explode, look to Joseph...
Danny N. Schweers
- Oct 30, 2019
- 1 min
Photo Prayer / October 2019
The old is always new and the new is always getting older. As soon as it appears, the new takes its place in time, which blesses it with...
Lizzie Widdicombe / The New Yorker
- Oct 29, 2019
- 2 min
Outside Sources / What Can We Learn from the Germans About Confronting Our History?
When Donald Trump recently tweeted a dark warning of a “Civil War like fracture in this Nation” were he to be impeached, it was further...
James BigBoy Medlin
- Oct 28, 2019
- 8 min
The Florida Years, Chapter II
When moving to a foreign country (in this case Florida), adjustments must be made. First up — getting one’s papers in order. The local...
Michael Ventura
- Oct 22, 2019
- 11 min
Ventura at 4AM / Election 2020 – Some Notes / October 2019
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY —– Missing the Point The most important element of the 2020 election stood unnoticed in plain sight from start to...
Stanley Crawford
- Oct 9, 2019
- 6 min
THE GARLIC PAPERS — A SMALL GARLIC FARM IN THE AGE OF GLOBAL VAMPIRES
Every tenderfoot city-bred person like myself would benefit by reading my friend Stanley Crawford’s new work, The Garlic Papers — A Small...
Bill Bentley
- Oct 8, 2019
- 12 min
Bentley's Bandstand / October 2019
Pieta Brown Freeway There aren’t any other singers like Pieta Brown. She has a sensuous way of blending the sound of air with music notes...
Bill Bentley
- Sep 4, 2019
- 10 min
Bentley's Bandstand / September 2019
Shane Alexander A Life Like Ours Is it possible to find an album that feels so right, so true, so, well, spiritual, that it feels like...