Gee you’re dumb
No, John Mayer is not dumb. He may be a douchebag — for a couple of years now, that’s been a cool thing to say (“John Mayer is a douchebag,” just like that), and he himself has publicly wrestled with the issue. But I think he is of above-average intelligence. Can’t really say that about [...]
A few things your dad liked
Here’s just the sort of thing that gets me going. “Gets me going” perhaps a poor choice of words — but for me, as a kinda-ex-Playboy guy who likes forgotten music and fetishizes everything having to do with bygone bachelorpad-ism, a picture like this is like a papyrus scroll from Giza. Look at that sweet [...]
Not your father’s songwriter Earle
Justin Townes Earle is Steve Earle’s son, and he’s really good. I got to meet him for a profile I wrote for Inked. Nicest guy in the world, though — and I don’t mean to generalize — you often get that with recovered heroin addicts. We should all wake up every day feeling so lucky [...]
