Yes, it is I, the Prodigal Blogger, returning to yet again push syntax around the unforgiving glare of a blank screen, thus popping our greying head out from the salubrious confines of ye olde Grotto. Continue reading →

Been involved with other things, life and family, but the most crucial development of all is that I will have a new book out in the autumn of this year. Continue reading →

By Michael Layne Heath. I writ this at age 19, recently discovered from journals of that time. Aside from the odd syntax mistake, it is as written then. Continue reading →

So yes, it has been awhile, hasn’t it? It has been over nine months in fact since my last installment: talk about your pregnant pauses. Continue reading →

It’s October 28th in San Francisco. I am wearing a black leather jacket around town today. Last night, I was made aware of the passing this weekend of Lou Reed. This is not a sartorial tribute, though; it gets way cold in SF at this time of year. Continue reading →

The following are the liner notes I was commished to pen for a brand new limited edition CD-R set featuring a rare American performance, recorded in San Francisco 1998, by the recently departed singer-songwriter extraordinaire (and famed connoisseur of vin-anything-but-ordinaire) Kevin Ayers. Continue reading →