HEARD the old, old men say, “Everything alters, And one by one we drop away.” They had hands like claws, and their knees Were twisted like the old thorn-trees By the waters. […]
Putting paid to pernicious pundits
By Martin Bosworth A favorite hobby of mine (one which many in the blogosphere share) is bashing on overpaid, overprivileged “culture keepers” that somehow feel they have earned the right to dictate […]
Well, here’s one way of dealing with a rock legend’s legacy…
Courtney Love is selling Kurt Cobain’s things. “My daughter doesn’t need to inherit a giant…bag full of flannel shirts.” Frances Bean, the daughter, will get a sweater, a guitar and – the […]
Scholar/Rogue of the week: Kurt Vonnegut
Note our new masthead. Our newest scholar rogue is Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007). Hi Ho. Most of you know Vonnegut as the author of the beloved counter culture sort of sci-fi/sort of philosophical/sort […]
The Paris Review Vonnegut Interviews
Kurt Vonnegut’s dead, in case you hadn’t heard…. So it goes. Vonnegut, the author of counter culture classics such as Slaughterhouse-Five, Cat’s Cradle, and Breakfast of Champions, books which were considered required […]
When “The Ever Present Past” doesn’t supply marketing research
Paul McCartney has a new single out called “My Ever Present Past.” (Scroll down the page to download the song.) Not only is it sonically a nice synthesis of a lot of […]
Poetry for critics
By Robert Silvey National Poetry Month is slipping away, and no poetry yet here at Scholars & Rogues. So here’s a choice bit by George Gordon, Lord Byron, our banner rogue. [Actually, […]
The Consolation of Poetry…
As we all know, Virginia Tech has now made history of the most dubious kind: Previously, the deadliest campus shooting in U.S. history was a rampage that took place in 1966 at […]
