I've been slurping up the "best trash cans of 2017" stories that most media organs pump out this time of year. Why? So I can muse about 2017 without thinking too much about reality in America. You haven't seen "Greatest Hits of the 115th Congress," have you? As indulgent as they may seem, this NYT…
Sometimes one piece of art stops me in my tracks with it's inescapable beauty and truth. Here's one. Pixar, the studio that brought us Toy Story, Up!, Finding Nemo and so much more, has released a new short that's a luminous paean to memory, grief and love. "Borrowed Time" is an animated short film, directed by…
Farewell to the musician who provided the playlist for my young life, and the artist who gave sound and vision to the androgynous, artistic, alien of my soul. In a world with no road map, as the traditional life of my parents and grandparents became quaint and irrelevant, Bowie blazed across the firmament, operatic troubadour of the next moment. He released…
