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[ . . . ]
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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[ . . . ]
TASCAM GUITAR TRAINER IMPROVING ON THE SILENCE
“Don’t talk unless you can improve the silence.” – Jorge Luis Borges I think the same could be said of guitarists, or singers for that matter, relating to this quote.[ . . . ]
20 Years and Counting, Cordoba Delivers on Every Promise – Michael P. Naughton Reviews…
I have been playing classical guitar for 30 years. I started out with the
Why “Not Dead and Not for Sale” is this Generation’s “No One Here Gets Out Alive”
No lack of substance here (literally). True, some readers, reviewers and fans might be disappointed by the terse, tenuous and to-the-point chapters of Scott Weiland’s autobiography. However, I found his[ . . . ]
