Inspired by Bret Easton Ellis recent obsession with the song, I wanted to peel back the layers of that perplexing and transporting Beatles deep cut (well, as close as they have to a deep cut), “You Never Give Me Your Money”, the halfway point of their last album Abbey Road. Also: I can get really […]
I’m writing a novel. There’s a bunch of other things going on as well, but the one that I am most excited about, particularly because it seems the most daunting, is a full-length prose novel. WHAT IS KNOWN SO FAR: It’s an SF/fantasy story set in 1983. Its locale is the West San Fernando Valley […]
[Stardate 20101205] She didn’t need me, he realized, walking through a dark, drenched countryside on this most ordinary of November nights. I walk here after dinner to help me digest. I do this with such regularity I don’t think it’s particularly effective anymore. What a time to think such a thing. It’s never when you […]
Read it below or visit speed, glue and music to check it out all pretty-like there. “My co-writer here at Speed, Glue and Music tells me that there are people in San Francisco that actually read this blog!! Is this true? Feel free to leave some comments or share your blogs with us! Anyway since […]
{this story began circa 2005-6, perhaps. finished just the other day (July 2009)} Brothers Two men met in the hallway of their work and shook hands. Speaking to each other in slow cigarette-burned morning voices, they exchanged pleasantries. “Pleasure to meet you. Name’s Jim.”“Howdy…George. George Welles.”“Taverner. Jim Taverner. It’s good to meet you.”“Good to meet […]