The Essays Page

In which he pompously deconstructs his musical betters... and then goes even farther off base into matters he may have no business mentioning at all. Many of these pieces have also appeared in print in such publications as SongLink, Beatlefan, Open Sky, Excitations, Off the Beatle Track, and the 910.

Now playing: "There's A Place" rearranged to make some points that will be obvious if you actually READ this stuff;-)

On The Beatles


On Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys

The Mind of Brian: Pieces on Pieces

Bigger Pictures


On Procol Harum


On Music Theory, Psychology, and "Spirituality"