Other formats coming soon. This isn’t the official announcement, just a heads-up for readers of this blog and Twitter followers. I’m really proud of this one, though. Press copies available shortly for reviews.
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From the category archives:
Writing
The publisher signed off on this — “Trudge ahead with J’s piquant social commentary. He’s three sheets north of south.” — but I just sent a one with a different ending to the copy editor, so we shall see. In the meantime, and because the chance exists that this may never see the light of [...]
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If you aren’t reading Horse Fly every month, then you have more in common with the rest of the world than you may realize. Nonetheless, it’s a one-of-a-kind, and the publisher has the impeccably good sense to not only give me space for a monthly column, but to pay me for it as well. Here’s [...]
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Go have a look to see what’s in the Creative Suite Four Master Collection. This is a general overview sort of article, the first of several heavy-duty reviews (Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Soundbooth, etc.) I’ll be doing over the next few months.
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I forgot to get this posted a couple of weeks ago — gee, I wonder why? — but here it is. Regular readers of this blog will recognize elements of previous blog posts assembled into a new whole. Not quite like building Dr. Frankenstein’s monster, although related, and with much better results. This was just [...]
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“The planet is asleep and it’s the fault of musicians who are untrue to themselves.” (Sun Ra) Is that COOL or what? I grabbed the quotation from the comments section of an article by ex-Fug and founding member of the False Prophets, Steven Taylor, at Reality Sandwich entitled “Is That a Real Reality, or Did [...]
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The previous post has a comment by someone I didn’t recognize. He lives in the Cascade foothills and writes at a blog you need to visit, The Farmer de Ville Chronicles. Outstanding writing, as usual a wake-up call to me to stick to what’s real and all around me. He must have a regular writing [...]
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Well, it doesn’t look like we’re going to rent the house where I had my “wreck.” You’d think that was omen enough, anyway. It didn’t seem like there was much room to park, which wouldn’t be unusual for Taos, but something else put me off enough that I pestered the California landlord into at least [...]
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All right, here’s the deal: I put this together back in 2005. It’s a collection of essays and columns from several years prior to and including that one that gives you the high (and low) points of pulling out of Maryland and coming here. It’s damn good, if a trifle uneven, considering the source material. [...]
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The subject of my latest column for Taos, New Mexico’s longtime alternative news and culture publication, while familiar to regular readers of this blog, has special relevance for anyone living here, so it’s gratifying that the column is now available all over the state with the latest issue. Now everyone will know What’s more, the [...]
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An excellent day! After submitting my column for this month’s Horse Fly, the head honcho and publisher emailed me in his usual terse manner and said, “Your piece isn’t good, it’s damn good. Thanks.” Someone else reported the boss also said, “it’s Taos!” and I kinda thought it was. There are many different kinds of [...]
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I am 62.5 years old. I haven’t had a physical in over 10 years. We have no health insurance. But aside from a little flabbiness around the belly and other atrophic inconveniences, I’m in excellent health until they start looking, right? Well, my hearing sucks — genetics and too much rock & roll — but [...]
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