The words “some band” in the headline are a reference to the Beatles, who played in Jacksonville, Florida, on Sept. 11, 1964. The Gator Bowl…
The routine is my favorite routine: book browsing at my Barnes and Noble in Gulfport. I went back there the Tuesday after Ida, two days…
Sirhan Sirhan sort of like Duran Duran is a good way to interpret Bill Leff’s funny Facebook post from last week. Leff, from Chicago, is…
This isn’t a review of “Jayne Mansfield: The Girl Couldn’t Help It,” a new biography that I recommend. This is about me. What I think…
We found this post, which is our featured image, at archive.org Wednesday morning after we read a Boing Boing story about it Tuesday night. Many…
One is a new memoir, the other is a new historical novel, both published on Tuesday, May 11, 2021. “Brat: An ’80s Story” is the…
After 57 years, finally found the answer to this question? What book is Beatles drummer Ringo Starr reading in the 1964 film “A Hard Day’s…
Final days of high school senior year. Told to pick up litter on the school grounds. The first Earth Day. 1970. Notre Dame High School…
Time for trivia. Rachel Kushner’s new, long-awaited and highly recommended essay collection was published on 4-6-21, and the California novelist said the title comes from…
The roof leaks at our Barnes and Noble in Gulfport, Miss., and because of that, the valuable real estate just inside the Crossroads store gets…