Short Schrift

Unlike virtually everyone else I've ever met, I primarily use Windows Media Player to organize and listen to my digital music collection...

Alright, kids; I've got another mix CD for any and all interested. This one I made over the past six months for my sister Kelly, who mov...

Surprise is the title of the new Paul Simon record -- just released Tuesday -- and it is freakin' great. Stephen Thomas Erlewine at All ...

More in Philly-gazing news: the Philadelphia Daily News's cover story is on Philly's not inconsiderable chances of winning the bid ...

The first two paragraphs of this NYT story ( "Rove Is Using Threat of Loss to Stir G.O.P. " ) took me by surprise: WASHINGTON, May...

Longtime readers of Short Schrift know that I sometimes blog about music, but that this has never been a music blog. This week and periodica...

Saturday (May 6) is Sigmund Freud's 150th birthday, and Marty Moss-Coane -- Philadelphia's stalwart Charlie Rose-meets-granola-mom ...

It's short, but this Reuters article ( "Hollywood wonders, 'what would Jesus direct?'" ) is one of the better analyses...

I just came out of what was really a quite good neighborhood group meeting, and I'm feeling charged. Now normally, neighborhood group me...

Best New York Times headline ever: Anna Nicole Smith Wins Supreme Court Case Need I say more ?