Maybe that’s why it didn’t occur to me just how much the words of ‘The Seeker’ – a song about a man I could see in my mind’s eye as I wrote it, that wild-eyed Vietnam vet who grabbed Karen when we did our first tourist walk of Haight-Ashbury – reflected the impasse I...
“when you capture a moment that brought a form of euphoria to everyone, you want to keep that but then there are unforeseen variables that get in that you can’t control. without having to talk to them, i know they all feel the same way. sometimes you go to a place you can’t re...
I said to Hagai, who wrote and directed in the series, I said in the very beginning, ‘I’m comfortable with all the nudity, but any part of my body that you show, you’re going to have to show the same with Oscar,’” Chastain shared on The...
Ronson co-produced and co-wrote "I'm Just Ken" [From The Motion Picture Barbie] with longtime collaborator Andrew Wyatt. The pair won the 2019 Best Original Song Oscar for their co-write on A Star Is Born cut "Shallow," and also picked up Best Song Written for Visual Media with the ...
In reality, country music owes its most profound roots to Black musicians and artists — such as the ones who taught country pioneerJimmie Rodgerseverything he knew about music. Or the ones who wrote the groundbreaking music that was made mainstream byElvis Presley. With any justice, country si...
The writers at the workshop, however, emerged with mixed reports. “Wordcraft is too sensible. Wow!” Robin Sloan wrote. “But ‘sensible’ is another word for predictable, overused and boring. My intention here is to produce something unexpected.” I’m unconvinced that writers awarded the ...
And on October 4, a little over three weeks before her murder, Martha wrote: "I went to a party! … Tom S. Was being an ass. At the dance he kept putting his arms around me … making moves." Tori Holland: I did not know she was spending the time that she was spending with th...
When Louis was still a kid, his parents, separated, so Louis had to live with his mother. How hard their life was can easily be imagined. And yet Louis smiled through everything. He later wrote, "My whole life has been full of happiness. Life was there for me and I accepted it. ...
Joining me to discuss Mike Tucker’s most recent Twelfth Doctor novel is Jason Miller (@drwhonovels). You can read his great blog on the Target range ofDoctor Whonovelisations rangehere. You can find more information on, and order copies of,Enlightenment, the fanzine Jason wrote forhere. ...
I wrote this song with Martin Johnson as well. He’s all about making everything symmetrical, and that’s a challenge for me… As a songwriter, you take a step back and say, “Wow, the writing is so well done.” I give all the credit for the construct of it to Martin...