Posted by Barry Lyga | Jun 22, 2011 | Wednesday Warren
Back in 1989, Warren released Transverse City, an album that most Zevon purists I’ve met dislike and generally disown. Today’s Wednesday Warren is the title track from that album. Transverse City is, I suppose, best...
Read MorePosted by Barry Lyga | Jun 21, 2011 | Writing
UPDATE: The contest is over! Thanks to everyone who entered! These are some WONDERFUL entries! I’ll announce the winners in a week! Whether you’re a superheroic do-gooder or a villainous arch-nemesis, I say you...
Read MorePosted by Barry Lyga | Jun 20, 2011 | Memory Monday
I’ve always loved Krypto, the Kryptonian super-dog who — through a series of coincidence that only occur in comic books and in real life — was Superboy’s pet on Krypton before it blew up and then on...
Read MorePosted by Barry Lyga | Jun 17, 2011 | This Week in Rejection!
Pretty simple this week — the magazine in question was just closed to submissions for a while. No, this week’s lesson doesn’t come from the magazine; it comes from me. Note, if you will, the annoying, stilted,...
Read MorePosted by Barry Lyga | Jun 15, 2011 | Wednesday Warren
Showing this one almost as much for Warren’s little quip about vacations at the beginning as for the song itself… This is one of the first Zevon songs I really glommed onto — I love the quiet desperation of it,...
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