3, 2, 1…Nixon!
IN CELEBRATION OF HIS DEMISE ON ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY (By James S. Dwyer) As summer enters its final stage, and before we all gird our loins for the anxious days of a presidential election in three months, it seems to me that we could all use one more official summer holiday to let off a…
Top Records of 2021
as chosen by Jim Dwyer (co-owner of Encore Records, Ann Arbor, Michigan) Well, 2021 was, for me, in many ways less stressful than its predecessor. Others found it to be as bad or worse, and I certainly wouldn’t argue against that position. Indeed, no matter how you see it, we’re living in strange times. Thankfully,…
Dome Drooms
When subtleties eclipse the moon with sapfrom trees made into brooms, trapped whispers roaminto the vaults of vast cathedrals, slapright back as louder groans, the backs of domes make booming waves of amplification.This i learned by laying on the floor whileon Roman vacation. Less Pantheonthan pan theon, calling all gods! Erstwhile notes left hanging, do…
King Crimson: 1969 Box Set
1969: King Crimson’s Annus Mirabilis, Or – – Why You Really Do Need To Buy This Box Set Even Though You’ve Already Bought This Album At Least Twice Before By Jim Dwyer I told myself I wouldn’t write about this newish box set until I’d listened to the entire collection of 27 (yes, 27) discs.…
Ceaseless Humming
The ceaseless humming of the highway drone,from afar: through my windows, through the cornfields, miles, acres, acres; no wheels yet of my own.American: to the motor-way born. The need to feel the grip of tires on roadlike the nervous tapping of a finger,is such that if not entertained, explodeis what it might & so, let’s…
A Note About Sonnets:
So, over the years, the sonnet (the fourteen line poem with ten syllables per line, more fully defined below) has become one of my favorite forms. Though they may take an hour or so to construct, they can be read quickly, and if they are well crafted, can reveal layers of meaning with multiple readings.…
Goaled Miners
The dark of the hole, the hole in the ground,the shuffling of feet, work week after week;the hole in the earth goes endlessly down.Weak, getting weaker; the strong, getting weak, the canary has broken the tip ofits beak in rattling its cage. “Get me out!”it seems to suggest in its rage; “Aboveis where air is,…
Top Ten LPs of (accursed be its name) 2020
As Selected by Jim Dwyer, Co-Owner Encore Records in Ann Arbor, Michigan: The less said about 2020 itself, the better. I’m very happy that you survived and are reading this list, hopefully in good health! As bizarre and difficult a year as it was to endure, there were some good things that will come of…
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