In Medias Res

" Lights " was the final single released off of Journey's wonderful album Infinity , which had already produced two earlier--a...

The Queen of Soul is dead . Except--scratch that. Yes, she absolutely was the dominant female soul, R&aB, and gospel singer of her (and ...

[Cross-posted to By Common Consent ] The Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs at Georgetown University put up on their w...

We married on Friday, August 13, 1993--but we first met in a college newsroom. And really, shouldn't everyone? Happy anniversary, Me...

[I put some thoughts about last night's Kansas primary election results up on Facebook this morning, and Chris Suellentrop, an editor at...

If Joe Walsh's rock and roll song about the rock and roll life was bleary and crashing and awesome , this epic by Jackson Browne is earn...

Ah, Boston . The aspirations of progressive rock, the volume of heavy metal, with a huge guitar presence and huge hair. Similar to Kansas (w...

I didn't situate what is one of Bruce Springsteen's greatest songs with my memories of 1978--in fact, I almost certainly didn't ...

It's 15 days until the August 7 primaries here in the state of Kansas, and early voting begins today. I'm a vote on the day-of perso...

There is some confusion on when, exactly, the Talking Heads's cover of Al Green's "Take Me to the River" was released. It...