The studio where Bruce Springsteen made “Born to Run” is a carwash now. An “Auto Spa,” technically, and I guess there are much less sensical options. I mean, once Mary got in […]
40th Anniversary ‘Born to Run’ poster–for a good cause
I was replaced by condos
I should probably have seen it coming. The signs, after all, were written in the mirror: wrinkles around the eyes, more and more gray in the hair. Less visible was the structural […]
Newsletter says hello, apologizes
Almost three full months between newsletters. Why? Well, there wasn’t a lot of news. I was head down buried in a project that will hopefully become a bigger project. Newsletter is back, […]
Glitter sucks: A Metro Parent column
For Metro Parent this month, I examined glitter. To wit: Glitter was the 11th Egyptian plague, and Dante’s 10th circle. The Inuit have many words for snow, but only one for glitter, […]
Watch: Are Big-Time College Sports Worth It?
Very much enjoyed hosting last week’s City Club of Portland forum on whether or not big-time college sports are worth it. I don’t think we solved the problem, but we at least […]
City Club of Portland’s Friday Forum asks “Are Big-Time College Sports Worth It?”
Are big-time college sports worth it? Depends? Unless you got $95 million to throw around. And then definitely.
Newsletter: Nostalgia’s a hell of a drug
An excerpt from this week’s newsletter (subscribe) on college football, loving uncles and warm memories: “What I wasn’t expecting was that it would make me homesick. But it did. It happened when […]
“You give them the best, and the world takes care of the rest” (Or: Thanks again)
Happy New Year, friends. I don’t know anyone who doesn’t love a good sunset, and if I had to pick one day from 2014 to take with me into the new year, […]
Old Gold office hours, kind words from New Jersey and beyond
Reminder: If you’ve got a book you’d like signed for yourself or someone else, I’ll be hanging out at the Old Gold tonight starting at 6:30 p.m. It’s casual, not remotely a […]
Office hours: Come get books signed, hang out
See that guy right there? That’s the fantastic Redray Frazier. Fantastic singer. Fantastic writer. Above all, fantastic human. And I say that not just because he sent me that photo via text […]
