“Varsity Blues” and Lou Reed

Two practical, timely articles on the “Varsity Blues” matter from my Lightfoot colleagues. First, Tenley Armstrong and Henry Gimenez in University Business: Revelations from the...

Music for White-Collar Crime

The “White Collar Wire” playlist on Spotify has been updated: New entrants since the last update include Arnold Schoenberg, Howard Shore, Dire Straits, Gary Clark,...

Radio, Barr and Churchill

The photo above is not me, but I did have a good time on SiriusXM’s POTUS channel with host Olivier Knox of “The Big Show”...

Music for White-Collar Crime

I have never created the soundtrack for a film, nor do I have the competence to do so.   I imagine, though, that it is very...

Christmas Day

In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered.  This was the first registration when Quirinius was...

2018 Crime Fiction, Booze and Music

A Christmas roundup of crime fiction, booze and music. BOOKS.  A little late for Christmas, but why give them away?  Read them yourself. From The...