“Closer to Fine” by Indigo Girls
Author Archives: Larry Glickman
Pancho and Lefty
Art lives and breathes in the details. And in the mystery. Stories are told in the words on the page, and in the spaces between. Is the woman in the painting smiling for the artist, or laughing at an intimate joke in her head? What happened to the lead characters before the story line ofContinue reading “Pancho and Lefty”
The Perfect Anarchy
“Anarchy in the UK” by the Sex Pistols
The Beach Boys to The Beatles to “Good Vibrations” and Beyond
“Good Vibrations” by The Beach Boys
The Perfect Simplicity of “Have You Ever Seen the Rain?”
“Have You Ever Seen the Rain” by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Perfectly, Tragically Gray
“I Try,” by Macy Gray
The Perfect Improvisation of “The Harder They Come”
“The Harder They Come,” by Jimmy Cliff
From City Slickers to The Pretenders
“The Middle of The Road,” by The Pretenders
The Perfect Intersection of Friendship & Music
I went to Washington D.C. to see a Mavis Staples concert. You may think that a trip like that is a gratuitous, silly thing to do. I mean after all, why would I travel halfway across the country to see an 82 year-old artist perform? An artist who lives the Chicago area, where I live?Continue reading “The Perfect Intersection of Friendship & Music”
The Perfectly Joyful Loneliness of “So Lonely”
“So Lonely,” by The Police