Wednesday Warren – Searching for a Heart
Most love songs are pretty insipid, to tell the truth. “Oh, baby, I love you so much… Oh, baby, why don’t you love me back…?” But Zevon’s love songs somehow manage to distill heartache and...
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The Book That Will Kill Me Update!
Posted by Barry Lyga | Apr 19, 2011 | Writing
Just in case you were wondering: Yes, I’m still working on it. Yes, it’s still absurdly long. Yes, I am beginning to wonder what the bloody hell compelled me to do this. Here’s the latest iteration of it,...
Read MoreMemory Monday – Future Stupidity!
Posted by Barry Lyga | Apr 18, 2011 | Memory Monday
The sheer idiocy of what you are about to see is, well, idiotic. Legion of Super-Heroes expert and chronicler Paul Levitz called what you are about to read “one of the silliest lines in LSH history.” And considering...
Read MoreThis Week in Rejection!: Playboy
Posted by Barry Lyga | Apr 15, 2011 | This Week in Rejection!
You know… I wish I had something a little more exciting to show you for my rejection letter from Playboy (received at some point during my college years, as I recall). I was hoping for an acceptance letter, obviously, but...
Read MoreWednesday Warren – Detox Mansion
Posted by Barry Lyga | Apr 13, 2011 | Wednesday Warren
If there’s one thing Zevon knew, it was rehab. So “Detox Mansion,” his send-up of celebrity rehabbing from the album Sentimental Hygiene, is spot-on, of course: Well, it’s tough to be somebody And...
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