Great shipwrecks of the 20th century:
1. The U.S.S. Indianapolis
2. The Edmund Fitzgerald
3. Watership Down/The Ark of the Covenant
Category: music
Jul 30
What’s A Few Sharks Between Bombs?
Jul 02
Remembering A Time When the Whole Human Race Was Not Jazzing for Blue Jean
Also, “Life On Mars?” was originally titled “Life in France?”
Jan 05
The Hitcher: David Allan Coe
January is a good time for resolutions as well as encounters with the dead.
Nov 10
When the Edmund Fitzgerald Weighed Empty
I am of a generation of men who spent their childhoods thinking Gordon Lightfoot’s “Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” was the most badass song ever (the ladies in-waiting included C.W. McCall’s “Convoy,” “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” by the Charlie Daniels Band and, of course, Black Sabbath’s “Iron Man”). It was only later that …
Feb 10
I Still Pray To My Childhood Saints
When I first heard Hozier’s “Take Me To Church” I thought: “Why didn’t you release this instead of ‘Can You Feel the Love Tonight?’, 90s Elton John?”
Dec 16
Jingle Balrog
We’re not really a Bible-believing family, so when my daughter asked me what Christmas was like in the deep places of the world, I had to consult “The Lord of the Rings.”
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Limericks of Loss And Regret: International Cormorant Edition