Besides being a stellar pianist, jazz composer, keyboardist, bandleader, and occasional percussionist Chick Corea was a truly kind man. Bac...

It's that time of year again, so roll out the peanuts and other snacks. It's Squirrel Appreciation Day.

Paul Barton also serenades elephants.

 So, today is the second to the last day of 2020. I wish I could believe the insanity is over but, as the ole saying goes, Ten miles into th...

How many have died with these words on their lips? Portland's Black Lives Matter's eerily beautiful protest chant evokes a haunting,...

Gen. Mark A. Milley, was it a mistake or, now that you've given Trump his photo op, is this just camouflage? You fucking hell looked lik...

Halloween and I'm celebrating by watching Henri 4, L'Haunting.

Ken Nordine died yesterday, Mr. Word Jazz. I found one of his albums when I was a schoolkid. Along with Kafka and Rimbaud, he made sense at ...

Shutting down government hoping to force America to pay for his wall be the first thing Donald Trump has ever claimed credit for that, in fa...

You Are Stealing Our Future: Fifteen-year-old Greta Thunberg Condemns the World’s Inaction on Climate Change

Naples, Italy Why take the stairs when you have a blue bucket? Daily life in an old world.

  These clips in no way document "all the times" Trump has called for violence but they are a good example of how flagrant his li...

Ireland, starting out - five weeks - 3000 miles We came upon this spectacular work by Caravaggio in Dublin. Of course my photo in no way ...

Henri, Le Chat Noir has retired. I weep. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ He...

I doubt many in Trump's evangelical base realize that Jesus was a black man in the middle east . . .

For your viewing pleasure, here is a short clip of the current Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau and Russian and alt.right America...