Author Archives: Brian
Eight Years
Eight years ago today I quit smoking cigarettes. After 32 years of Camel no-rags, I met a woman who answered “yes” when I asked if smoking were a deal breaker. Granted, it was the first time I’d asked that question: is … Continue reading
Zines, Clickbait, Surveillance, and the CIA
“Zines are accessible, often friendly to the reader and easy and cheap to make. If you have a printer and a spare few hours and some ideas, you can become a zine publisher just like anyone else,” writes Jonno Revanche in … Continue reading
Retreat from a Rising Sea
Retreat from a Rising Sea: Hard Choices in an Age of Climate Change Orrin H. Pilkey, Linda Pilkey-Jarvis, and Keith C. Pilkey Columbia University Press What’s going with our planet’s climate is going to make the bursting of the real … Continue reading
Michael Gulezian
“Mile High Country” performed by Michael Gulezian in Tucson in 2007. No shit, mile high! Damn, son, that’s some mighty handsome playing.
What to Say to the Deplorables
I like what Bertrand Russell said to a fascist, a person he’d been corresponding with for quite a while. I have given some thought to our recent correspondence. It is always difficult to decide on how to respond to people … Continue reading
Harry Manx Does an Irish Raga
Here’s Harry dang Manx covering Van Morrison, “Crazy Love.” “Dang” because I really want him to come to Spokane.
Blue Bossa
Here’s me and Scotty Thompson covering “Blue Bossa” by Kenny Dorham.
Two Guns
It was 1976 or 77, I was 18 or 19, not much older anyway. Bi-curious, I was in love and living with another boy my age, Michael. Michael and I had for a few weeks or months shared an apartment … Continue reading
Long Train Running
Snippet of Voodoo City Radio covering The Doobie Brothers classic, “Long Train Running.” Continue reading
Moscow Farmers Market
Dylan in a Track Suit Continue reading
