“My chief complaint against some practitioners of heavy metal guitar from the early 70s through the early 80s,” writes guitarist + more
“My chief complaint against some practitioners of heavy metal guitar from the early 70s through the early 80s,” writes guitarist + more
A malaphor, according to Wiktionary, is a blend of malapropism and metaphor; “an error in which two similar figures of speech + more
Workers aren’t working in Wyoming. (Including proofreaders, it seems.) Behold! A 100-tweet thread about Friedrich Schlegel! Here’s an unrolled version + more
The Internet is awash with terrible, terrible things, e.g. university websites, totalitarian millennials, and TikTok influencers. But sometimes—sometimes—a guy can + more
From the diary of James Lees-Milne, August 10, 1945: I had to lunch with Charles Fry my publisher at the + more
Over at the Literary Review, Adrian Tinniswood reviews James Fox’s The World According to Colour: A Cultural History, in which + more
Things I learned while paging through the Oregonian today: (1) Our neighbors to the south need instruction on how to + more
The term groupies entered the lexicon around 1965; four years later, both Rolling Stone and Time covered the topic extensively + more
With the news of the ZZ Top bassist’s untimely death, I reckon the appropriate way to mourn is to mix + more
After poking fun at our local newspaper a few days ago, I feel compelled to mention that long-form journalism, when + more
Yesterday, with no explanation (or warning, for that matter), my son texted me a link to this video. So it’s + more
From this comprehensive list of helicopter prison escapes—helpfully defined as “when an inmate escapes from a prison by means of a helicopter”—we learn + more
My friend Bill, in town for the summer, is directly responsible for turning me on to Domini’s and the Thad + more
“It turns out that being good-looking really does pay off,” begins the abstract for Is Beauty More than Skin Deep? + more
Is it me, or has it been a while since I’ve posted anything related to music? Let’s get to it, + more