Archive - The Rising of the Moon

This will not be a particularly well written essay. At the best of times I’m not the most aesthetically-minded writer. I’m not an exceptional prose…

Feb 18 •

July 2023

#11 - "I Can Read the Writing on the Wall"

Analogue photography and memory

Jul 27, 2023 •

April 2023

#10 – Jerry! Jerry! Jerry!

The late style of Jerry Springer

Apr 30, 2023 •

July 2022

#9 - Everything's Singing!

New York 2012 and 2021

Jul 19, 2022 •

May 2022

#8 - Signed, Sealed, Delivered

What can you really get from a politician?

May 17, 2022 •

February 2022

#7 - Why Does He Turn?

Three interpretations of Greek myth

Feb 14, 2022 •

December 2021

#6 You and I Have Memories

Some lightly edited thoughts on Get Back

Dec 8, 2021 •

May 2021

#5 - Frosty weather, snowy weather, when the wind blows, we all go together

The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, In Person at Carnegie Hall, 1963

May 28, 2021 •

April 2021

#4 - It's not new and it never gets old

Inside Llewyn Davis and the Endless Loop of 1961

Apr 19, 2021 •

#3 - How Long Til the Snake Devours Its Tail?

The Mountain Goats' Songs for Pierre Chuvin (#1 - Present)

Apr 2, 2021 •

March 2021

#2 - One Grand Battle of Noble Underdogs Against Tyrant Oppressors

Folk Music and the Irish Pub 1955 - 1973

Mar 15, 2021 •

#1 - But the Gentry Must Come Down and the Poor Shall Wear the Crown

Visions of England 1391 - 2019

Mar 3, 2021 •

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