Pit – A Leo Van Cleef detective novel is now available in hardcover Canine homicide is not the best way to kick off the New Year for Los Angeles[ . . . ]
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What Louis L’Amour Taught Me About Writing and Wandering
The first book I ever read by Louis L’Amour was “Hondo.” I subsequently read “Mustang Man” and then “The Quick and the Dead,” and then I had to collect, invest[ . . . ]
My Own Marilyn Monroe (A Poem by Michael P. Naughton)
She requested a poem of her own My own Marilyn Monroe on this special day of love and devotion. She’s a “Misfit” and a card like Sugar Kowalczyk A blonde[ . . . ]
The Day Brando Died (Ode to the Apocalyptic Godfather) A Poem by Michael P. Naughton
The Day Brando Died (Ode to the Apocalyptic Godfather) I was with my friend Michael Madsen the day Marlon Brando died. I wanted to help him out as a poet[ . . . ]
Fair Warning Wins a Perfect Crime Trifecta, Connelly Never Disapoints
I have been reading Harry Bosch novels for years. “Trunk Music” was the first Connelly book I ever read. “The Poet” was my second… and I have not stopped reading[ . . . ]
“See what your greed for money has done…” Grown-Up Anger Book Review
They say: “Where there’s smoke, there’s fire.” Meaning there is a good foundation to the suspicion of a situation. Woody Guthrie sang about the atrocity of the 1913 Massacre, also[ . . . ]
The Sublime Work of Bach Got Me Interested in Classical Guitar
It was Bach’s Bouree alone that got me interested in classical guitar and a lifelong obsession and passion for his work and the classical guitar instrument. I started as a[ . . . ]
5.0 out of 5 stars U.S. HISTORY TOLD THE RIGHT WAY… FOR ONCE
This book reads like a modern-day version of Thucydides, the Greek historian, The History of the Peloponnesian War and the corruption of language.
There Would be No James Bond Without John Barry
John Barry is hands down my favorite film composer of all time. I was singing “Born Free” at age three and fell in love with “Diamonds Are Forever” as a[ . . . ]
Music Reading for Guitar by David Oakes is The Book that Changed My Life
In the words of Paul McCartney, “Baby, I’m Amazed…” Music Reading for Guitar by David Oakes is the book truly changed my life and I am reading music once and[ . . . ]
