James BigBoy Medlin / Art by Dan Hubig
Feb 23, 20193 min read
WHY NOT? / National Emergencies?
If George Washington had declared a National Emergency he might have abolished political parties. In his farewell address he called...
James BigBoy Medlin / Art Dan Hubig
Jan 10, 20192 min read
WHY NOT? / Wall to Wall Nuttiness
By the time you read this the “Wall” controversy may have changed. Trump may have declared a National Emergency in order to detract from...
James BigBoy Medlin
Dec 24, 20182 min read
WHY NOT? / Breaking News
It’s been hard to keep up with the fast-breaking stories at year’s end. I may have confused a few events, but here’s a capsule review....
James BigBoy Medlin / Art Dan Hubig
Dec 20, 20188 min read
WHY NOT? / The Brain Trust (Early Days)
On an unseasonably warm (is warm ever “unseasonable” any more?) day in mid-October 2015, Travis Redfish headed North in his orange 1970...
George Rains
Oct 18, 201814 min read
Life by the Beat / Stories from the Road, Vol. 1
George Rains has had a life fuller than most, as exemplified both by his great musical reputation and by the following stories, each told...
James 'BigBoy' Medlin
Aug 22, 20188 min read
WHY NOT? / Et Tu Ted: End of the Trump Era
As loath as I am to relate stories that may be lacking in veracity, I feel compelled to share this narrative. Very recently, an...
Clay Coppedge
Jul 25, 20189 min read
Unsafe at Any Rate or How I Moved To Austin
The first car I bought after I left home was a 1961 Corvair station wagon, the car that Ralph Nader wrote about in Unsafe at Any Speed....
James BigBoy Medlin
Jun 29, 20182 min read
Why Not? / The Ultimate Gun Regulation Survey
My father would shoot me for even broaching this subject. But he’s dead, so I proceed with limited fear. Much has changed since the...
Clay Coppedge
May 31, 20188 min read
Fool’s Gold
My own experience verifies what cops have told me — that 10 percent of the criminal population commits 90 percent of all the crimes they...
Jon Carroll / joncarrollprose.com / Photos Tracy
May 3, 20183 min read
Jon Carroll / High Desert Gothic I: Artifacts
It all started with a mistake. In the 70s, when we lived in Los Angeles and worked against deadline, we often spent weekends at Joshua...
James BigBoy Medlin
Mar 25, 20182 min read
WHY NOT? / Crazy About Trump
Please help me! I fear my mind is going and I am suffering from a terrifying delusion. It seems like this fellow Trump is part of every...
Jon Carroll / joncarrollprose.com
Feb 26, 20183 min read
Jon Carroll / Beetlemania
The last time I was thinking unhurried oatmeal thoughts was at the Bug. Our friend Tom told us about The Bug. We asked him about it....
George Rains
Feb 18, 201817 min read
JUSTICE LONG AS THERE’S BUSINESS FIRST
Leo Martin was lost, driving in the mountains at four in the morning with the car rapidly running out of gas. While Bob, leaning against...
