Archives for March 2011
Songs for the Bewildered: The Place Where We All Intend To Die
Back in the fun-stuffed, joy-filled, gloriously utopian days of the early 1980s, three things seemed sure and certain. 1) Nuclear Armageddon was imminent and inevitable. It was 2 minutes to midnight and jttery fingers hovered over red buttons. We were… continue reading »
Knock Knock, Open Wide…
Much to the annoyance of my “Sasanach” wife, who says it’s nothing but a tawdry, second-rate knock-off of the glorious wonder that was Play School,1 our littlest one has become a hard-core Bosco junkie.2 This morning, as we sprawled contentedly… continue reading »
Will Coyotes Still Get in?
About 6 months ago, on a night (dear readers) very much like this,1 I found myself sitting, sweatily, at a giant mahogany table in my parents’ “Good Room”.2 Phone in hand. Preparing to talk to an 85-year-old Richard Matheson. Look,… continue reading »
Images that Make Me Want to Cry: 5 – Ravish’d Brides of Unquietness
In the cavernous and deserted commercial spaces of ruined Ireland spirits linger. Grimacing spirits doom’d for an uncertain term to haunt the streets – dragging bags stuffed with ostentation & aspiration around like clanking chains. Exposed to the elements. Fading… continue reading »
