Category: Writing

• Funky Friday: Finding the Funk in Surprising Places

  Anyone who’s spent more than 10 minutes reading past posts from this blog know that I’m a fan of fusion – both literary and musical. Some of the best examples…

• Entirely Biased and Totally Subjective Movie Review: ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’

  What is it about the beach that makes everyone’s attitude improve? Think about it. Everything good in life seems a little bit easier when you’re breathing sea air and basking…

• Power Pop Wednesday: Yes, Please Do Go All the Way

  In 1974, when this song came out, I was 6 years old, and yet I find that memories of it playing on AM radio still bubble up from way back…

• Funky Friday: The Power of the Writing Remix

  Witness Big Audio Dynamite II, culled from the wreckage of The Clash and infused with funk, hip hop and the earliest 1990s incarnations of electronic dance music. What you might…

• Today’s Writing Tip: Embrace the Beauty of Crowded Spaces

  If you’ve ever seen or read anything that includes Sherlock Holmes as a character, you already know a very important key to improving your writing – the art of observation.…

• Power Pop Wednesday: Back From the Capital of Obsfucation and Misdirection, Enjoy Some Smoke and Mirrors

  OK Go – The Writing’s On the Wall from 1stAveMachine on Vimeo. The family and I visited Washington, D.C., earlier this week to do the required introduction of the young…

• Funky Friday: Writing Routine and the Power of the Atomic Dog

  I and my family recently joined the ranks of the dog rescuers, adopting a smart and handsome pointer mix puppy we have named Percy, for no other reason than his…

• Funky Friday: Lyle Lovett Proves Genre Only Means Something If You Let It

  Ladies and gentlemen, I give to you “Penguins,” one of out-and-out funkiest songs ever laid down by someone generally classified as a country artist. But if you took a country…

• Entirely Biased and Totally Subjective Book Review: ‘Phoenix Island’ by John Dixon

  In the lives of kids, there aren’t many grays. In the case of bullying, there’s usually the bully, the victim and the bystanders – bad, good and indifferent. Young boxing…

• After a Week Under the Weather, an Unrelated Complaint

  Freelancing is a constant hustle for the new gig to both pad the revenue stream and have something to fill in the blanks should an existing client decide to bail…