Author: Chris

This is a scene from Pyongyang, North Korea. It seems Pyongyang has no shortage of grey. If the nations of the world were just willing to pay serious money for grey, perhaps Kim Jong-il would be appeased and could live out his...

This Fourth of July is the first in about a decade that I won’t be spending on my parent’s roof in Fairmount, watching Philadelphia’s fireworks show over the Philadelphia Museum of Art. My wife hasn’t...

I want to be with you, be with you night and day. </p. (Picture via Dependable Renegade)

Before I gave up playing music, playing Naima was a special joy for me. Naima is named for John Coltrane’s first wife and was released in 1959 on the album Giant Steps. This performance is from 1965 and features John...

I’ve publised this little mess before. Holiday weekends are hell on bloggers and new material, so you’ll just have to deal with a repeat that you will hate from start to finish. One of the ideas that has been...