Fool. Terminator menu system-like, I see a short list of possible angles and ledes… 1) Since the beginning of time, the fool has symbolized man’s ambivalence about the relationship between knowledge, wisdom, and grace… 2) The idiot. The savant. Are … Continue reading
A sense of betrayal hung over America when this song was written. It was so heavy you could taste the bitterness in your mouth. That feeling seeped into seemingly every aspect of our lives, from religion to family, to romance, … Continue reading
I don’t write a lot of what you’d call love songs. Broken hearts, betrayals, disillusionment, dissolution, self-destruction, simmering anger… that’s my turf. They didn’t call me the Bard of Bitterness, Denial, and Regret for nothin’… But this is a love … Continue reading
He never thought he’d be glad to see tanks rolling down Main Street. But after masked gunmen with machine guns and grenades killed the mayor and half the city council, he decided maybe martial law wasn’t so bad. The regional … Continue reading
He remembered thinking, “Oh, god, now she’s in love.” There he was, just crawling out of one bed and now, here he was, with this new girl, spent, lying easily across him, propped up on an elbow tucked between his … Continue reading
