Boogie Woogie Flu

It's snowing in New York today. It's lovely and picturesque, but I wish I was in New Orleans. Today is Fat Tuesday, and it's tim...

I've done a Valentine's Day post every year here at the BWF, and seriously considered taking this one off. Partially, because I...

There's a big, beautiful, Wolf Moon in the sky tonight. ******************* Download: "Howlin' at the Moon" mp3 by Hank W...

January 8th means two things around here. It's the anniversary of the Boogie Woogie Flu and it's the day on which the baby Elvis ...

Download: "You Midnight Ramblers" mp3 by Rev. J. M. Gates, 1929. available on Rev. J.M. Gates...

Tonite is an astrologer's wet dream. Did I just say that? I know very little about astrology, but the moon in our skies is a blue one...

by René Spencer Saller I wish I didn’t have to write this obituary, elegy, tribute, grief porn, whatever. I got the assignment on Chris...

Joe Strummer died seven years ago yesterday. He was pretty cool. Download: "Johnny Appleseed" mp3 by Joe Strummer & The Mesca...

By Chris O'Leary "Listen, I told you I'm not a Jew." "I don't give a damn what you are," he turned his half-...

by Pamela Harris Years ago I got invited to a book party at Warner Leroy’s apartment. A foodie Jew, Mr. Leroy owned Tavern on the Green, Th...

The Chanukah Song @ Yahoo! Video by Jason Gross The editor here didn't want me to write about this and I understand why. It's main...

by Alex Abramovich “I saw the film of Exodus in Kingston,” Ernest Ranglin said, when he was interviewed for a book called The Book of Exod...

by Jesse Jarnow I asked Tuli Kupferberg once, "Did you really jump off of The Manhattan Bridge?" "Yeah," he said, "...

by David Gordon I first discovered Leonard Cohen in the garbage. I was dumpster diving with some friends in San Francisco, and we found ...