On May 4 1970, four students were assassinated by the United States National Guard on the Kent State University campus in Kent, Ohio while peacefully protesting the Viet Nam war. On May 19, 1970 (15 days later), Neil Young saw an article in Life magazine about the shooting, and immediately picked up his guitar andContinue reading “Four Dead in Ohio”
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The Perfect Balance of Acceptance and Hope
“Royals” by Lorde
In Search of Fine
“Closer to Fine” by Indigo Girls
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 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
Keep On Keeping On
It was a cold, wintery Saturday morning. I was sitting on the couch in our living room with my iPad and a cup of coffee. Surfing around, I came across a YouTube video of Levon Helm playing “The Weight” at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN. I had just seen Levon Helm in concert aContinue reading “Keep On Keeping On”
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