On Saturday, Sept. 23, I attended the Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks concert at Gillette Stadium with my wife and four of my friends.
Here’s a mosaic of the music and experiences from a night where I had the pleasure of watching two septuagenarian musicians remind all of us in attendance what it means to really rock ‘n’ roll. READ MORE
For those who may not be familiar with the premise of “The Handmaid’s Tale,” it is set sometime in the not-so-distant future, following a violent civil war in the United States fought over ideological differences. Birth rates have plummeted due to environmental indifference and increased rates of STDs, and the far-right religious fanatics—many of whom posture as Christians—have established their own country named Gilead. READ MORE
The only money that belongs solely to me exists in a Venmo account where I’ve squirreled away my earnings from various writing projects over the years. The money was intended to be a little scratch with which I could gamble and make frivolous purchases that would incense my wife, such as a reprint of Leroy Neiman’s painting of the final frame of “Rocky III”. READ MORE
While I’m still working through the trauma with a therapist, here is the quick-and-dirty: After consuming far too many whiskey sours at the open bar of a wedding where I was one of the groomsmen, I was loose, feeling the groove, cutting the proverbial rug with my girlfriend on the edge of the dance floor beside a bay window with crimson curtains. READ MORE
But one friendship stands above the rest as the greatest friendship in American history, and that would be the bond shared between rocker Billy Squier and me. READ MORE
I was stoned—too stoned—the first time I watched the 1982 film “Pink Floyd: The Wall.” READ MORE
The collective response to a certain former president—currently the front-runner for his party’s nomination—being indicted for 91 felonies has now become pedestrian, rote responses from both sides of the political spectrum. READ MORE
There’s one more thing: all of the wrestlers involved in the Micro Wrestling All-Stars tour were born with dwarfism, a genetic or medical condition primarily characterized by an adult individual standing below 4-feet-10-inches in height. READ MORE
New Yorker Jay Goldberg, who has been the artist-in-residence at The Factory on Willow since June 1, expands on this idea that baseball can connect Americans of vastly different ages and demographics in his multimedia project “The Memory of America: Remember Your First Baseball Game.” READ MORE
Before my wife left, as we were going through a particularly humid stretch, I noticed the pungent scent of pet urine emanating from the kitchen floor. A little back-story: in the past three years, to my dismay, our home has become a veritable animal farm, including the Existential Pug—who has penned a few columns for me—and three cats, two of whom moved into the house against my wishes. READ MORE
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