Shoot Out the Lights may be his greatest work with Linda, his then-wife. Rumor and Sigh, from 1991, is overproduced but features some of his greatest guitar work and songwriting. I'm very, very fond of Mirror Blue, the follow-up to Rumor and Sigh. It's hardly of the same weight as his classics, but it features…

Rumor has it that when people were painting "Clapton is God" graffiti, he laughed and said, no, Richard Thompson was.

I got lucky. A friend and I had hoped to see him and others at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival yesterday, but the daily passes were sold out. I moped about for several weeks, then checked Beesweb, Thompson's site, and learned he would be at Chautauqua the following night. Although I couldn't get good seats, at least…

I am seeing Richard Thompson tonight! It's my third concert of his, all spaced about ten years apart. The first was in Ames, Iowa, in 1991, at a small club called The Maintenance Shop. It was the "Rumor and Sigh" tour. I sat about fifteen feet from him and watched every tuning and fumble. He couldn't get a capo on at…

Skip Intro, I live in Colorado. I remember than incident very well, as has been said, the other armed person was a security guard. And, if the shooter hadn't possessed a gun to begin with, there would have been no crisis of that degree. All sorts of things can be used to kill and harm, but only guns are designed…

Skip Intro, I live in Colorado. I remember than incident very well, as has been said, the other armed person was a security guard. And, if the shooter hadn't possessed a gun to begin with, there would have been no crisis of that degree. All sorts of things can be used to kill and harm, but only guns are designed…

Guns are, by nature, destructive. They kill and injure. It is their sole purpose. They can be used to provide security, but the promise of that is backed up by the threat of death and injury. It's pretty simple.

Guns are, by nature, destructive. They kill and injure. It is their sole purpose. They can be used to provide security, but the promise of that is backed up by the threat of death and injury. It's pretty simple.

"Manga" is just the Japanese word for "comics." Any art style can be used in manga, not merely the overly cartoony characters you linked to. If a Japanese creator draws it, it's manga, though we tend to associate certain styles with manga.

"Manga" is just the Japanese word for "comics." Any art style can be used in manga, not merely the overly cartoony characters you linked to. If a Japanese creator draws it, it's manga, though we tend to associate certain styles with manga.

I said this somewhere else, but it probably got buried. Kirkman has announced that "The Walking Dead" is a story about Rick. He plans for it to run 300 issues — perhaps inspired by "Cerebus" — and cover Rick's existence in the zombie world. So, if they manage to hold on for 25 years, we're figuring that come #300,…

I said this somewhere else, but it probably got buried. Kirkman has announced that "The Walking Dead" is a story about Rick. He plans for it to run 300 issues — perhaps inspired by "Cerebus" — and cover Rick's existence in the zombie world. So, if they manage to hold on for 25 years, we're figuring that come #300,…

Kirkman has said, flat out, that The Walking Dead is planned as a 300-issue story about Rick. So he lives through #300, dies in #300, or becomes a zombie and is still around as of #300.

Kirkman has said, flat out, that The Walking Dead is planned as a 300-issue story about Rick. So he lives through #300, dies in #300, or becomes a zombie and is still around as of #300.

Just to make a point: There was a Crime Does Not Pay comic book with similar lessons aimed at the kids of the time. Filled with nastiness and death. Lev Gleason was responsible.

Just to make a point: There was a Crime Does Not Pay comic book with similar lessons aimed at the kids of the time. Filled with nastiness and death. Lev Gleason was responsible.

"Lem, the Orphan Reindeer," by Kathy Garver of "Family Affair."

Miles from home
A well-written article. While I'm no fan of Counting Crows, I think I appreciate their work a bit more after this piece of autobiography.

Miles from home
A well-written article. While I'm no fan of Counting Crows, I think I appreciate their work a bit more after this piece of autobiography.

I'm not trying to slam Moore's plotting. Sorry if that seemed to be the case. I think the man's a master.