Tommy Tomlinson

Guided by (a cappella) voices

When we got up here I quickly settled on WERS from Emerson College as my favorite radio station. I’m scrolling through a playlist right now and there’s Sly Stone, Wilco,

Sports Are Hard

The Miami Heat were doing what every basketball coach wants a team to do: get to the basket. It was the second quarter of Sunday night’s Game 3, and there

Knowing Frank

The last time I saw Frank Barrows, just a few weeks ago, he wanted to talk about journalism and basketball. He always wanted to talk about journalism and basketball. Sometimes

Announcing tommytomlinson.com

So, yeah, the headline pretty much says it all: tommytomlinson.com is now live. It’s pretty basic stuff right now: Links to a bio, this blog, my Charlotte Observer blog (which

The morning after

I spent election night alone in a Raleigh hotel. An interview didn’t turn out the way I hoped it would. The rest of the night didn’t turn out the way

45

Numbers have their own personalities, and I’ve always liked 45. Somewhere back home I still have a stash of old 45-rpm singles — some Beatles an old English teacher gave

Bill Murray, Baseball, Fireworks, Life

If you enjoy any of the things in the headline, you should watch this — Bill Murray’s speech on being inducted into the South Atlantic League (known down South as

A good old car

My goal was to drive to the moon. Sometime in the last year or two, as our 1999 Camry crossed 200,000 miles, I looked up how far it was. The

SouthBound

Two and a half years ago, I had a drink with a new guy in town. Joe O’Connor had just started as president and general manager of WFAE, the NPR

It’s paperback day!

I don’t think this is an official national holiday yet — we had not heard back from Congress at press time — but it’s still a great day: “The Elephant

A book note

You might have seen me mention this already — I’ve put it out there once or twice — so this morning I’ll do it one last time: “The Best American

Wake up, make tea, write songs, repeat

Last night I used an iTunes card I got for my birthday (thanks, Katie and Elizabeth!) to watch the first half of the documentary on the Eagles. It’s really good.

Short Stories

Short Stories

Guided by (a cappella) voices

Sports Are Hard

Knowing Frank

Announcing tommytomlinson.com

The morning after

45

Bill Murray, Baseball, Fireworks, Life

A good old car

SouthBound

It’s paperback day!

A book note

Wake up, make tea, write songs, repeat