The Blues Boy
Narratives aren’t just for fiction and history buffs; they help define and
classify our friends, acquaintances and public figures. Overlay a known
character arc, and you’ve taken all the difficulty out
Rob Hays
Rob tries to marry the seemingly incompatible archetypes of Southern gentleman and indie rock aficionado together, which basically means listening to everything Jeff Tweedy has ever recorded. He freq
Around the Block
I’m sitting in a comfortable place right now. One of the most comfortable in my
life, in fact. Iced coffee, sweating in the midsummer heat in my left hand,
beautiful wife to
On Fandum & Faithfulness
Conversations with children can be like a time machine; in their words and
attitudes, we often see ourselves backwards through the tunnel of time. We get
to see our optimism and hope, ignorance
A Curveball from the Hold Steady
Guest blog by Curator contributor Rob Hays
[http://www.curatormagazine.com/author/robhays/].
From time to time, out of the blue, you tune in to a favorite tv show, only to
be surprised
The Heart of Dillon
The cast of characters populating the most successful and ground-breaking
television shows of the past ten years or so is rather motley at best: Jersey
mobsters, Western brothel owners, a self-centered California embezzler’