I used to work for a newspaper in southern New Jersey, and all throughout the Pine Barrens there are the remnants of developments that were plotted out 50, 60 years ago, but for whatever reason never got going. The original owners frequently passed everything along to their kids, and their kids kids, until people…

I have never come across a modern lyricist as sharp, incisive and direct as Lance Hahn. His songs are bright, clear short stories communicated with an amazing economy of words.