On stats alone, Wendell Scott would never make it into the NASCAR Hall of Fame. He was a good driver in NASCAR, which makes him an insanely great driver compared […]

Disco and punk rock both hit in the ’70s, and I always thought they had a lot in common. Their fans felt like they didn’t fit in anywhere else. They […]

My car is a 1999 Toyota Camry with 203,000 miles on it. It’s starting to burn oil a little bit, and my heel has rubbed a hole in the carpet, and […]

The last time I started a new job, I was late to work the first day — stuck in Charlotte traffic. Today the commute was easier. About 12 steps from […]

The good folks at Queens University keep putting me to work, and I’m glad. We’ve got two more writing workshops that you can sign up for starting now. The first […]

I was driving home Wednesday, feeling a little down, not sure why, and the Black Crowes’ “Jealous Again” came on the radio. Somehow it was exactly what I needed. Their […]

Marshall Crenshaw writes top-10 hits for a radio station that doesn’t exist anymore. It’s the station with loud guitars but sweet melodies,  complex chords but sing-along hooks, performed by singer-songwriters […]

Twelve years ago today, we stood in front of our family and friends, me in a rented tuxedo, Alix in a dress she made herself. Twelve years ago today, we […]

This is for everyone who signed up for my workshop, Writing In 3-D, at Queens University on June 5. If you stumbled across this and you’re interested in signing up, […]

(at the Neighborhood Theatre, Charlotte, North Carolina, February 25, 2010) Amps to 11? Yeah. Open bottle of Jack on stage? Yeah. Guitar player with a cigarette dangling from his lips? […]