Category: Scott B. Pruden

• The Triumphant Return of Funky Friday

    Well, hi! Yeah, it’s been a while since I’ve paid everyone a visit from Blogland, but hey … life. Lots is the same (still hacking away at novel No.…

  

• Grab Hold of the Week Like That Ex Who Just Wouldn’t Let Go

  Something about spring, the more agreeable weather and the additional daylight gets me back on the motivation train. The last few weeks have been marked by significant progress on the…

  

• A Taste of Things to Come – A Teaser for My Next Novel, ‘Mystery White Boy’

  I had a great opportunity on Sunday to read an excerpt of my work in progress, Mystery White Boy, at a four-author event at Kennett Brewing Company in Kennett Square,…

  

• Will “Johnny B. Goode” Save Planet Earth?

  As we mourn Chuck Berry’s passing, it’s important to remember that without him, what we now know as rock n’ roll would have died in its infancy. Without him, the…

  

• Your All-Purpose Morning Affirmation

  You’re welcome.

• A Christmas Story – The Annunciation of the Country Ham

  And lo, upon the approach of the celebration of the birth of our Lord, the angel of the Lord did appear in a great and heavenly light unto the lowly…

  

• Power Pop to Help You Power Through, Good People

  Well, I don’t know about you, but around these parts it’s been kind of a rough week. I won’t go into the particulars, because what’s done is done, but I…

  

• Funky Friday: Sonny Knight and the Lakers Make New Sound Old

  I’ve often joked that if I managed to make it to Heaven, I’d want my own horn section whose job would be to follow me around and punctuate my conversation…

  

• Power Pop Wednesday: A Machine Just Released a Manufactured ‘Beatles’ Song

  Like most Beatles fans, there was a time when we hoped the band would somehow reunite for just one last show. That hope took a nosedive first with the shooting…

  

• Returning from That Summer Place

  It’s almost back to school time here in southeastern Pennsylvania, which means the kids will be terminating their summer brain dumps, rushing to catch up on assigned reading and trying…