The Big Back CataloginThe Big Back CatalogAcquiesce. It’s What We Do.An episode of GLOW just managed to add its name to my shortlist of unforgettable TV moments. Some shows have a moment you know, even as…Jul 10, 2018Jul 10, 2018
The Big Back CataloginThe Big Back CatalogWe Traded Our Wings for Wheels, and Our Wheels for WidgetsRock is dying because our love of and dependency on cars is dying.Jul 4, 2018Jul 4, 2018
The Big Back CataloginThe Big Back CatalogBilly Joel: Rock Blocker?“Billy Joel does not rock” is a long-standing statement of nigh-fact my friend Bob utters or writes a few times each year. Bob has a small…Jul 3, 20181Jul 3, 20181
The Big Back CataloginThe Big Back CatalogTrying To Convey Every Aspect Of Story Through Dialogue. Comments Appreciated.THE JOB by Bob BiresJun 27, 2018Jun 27, 2018
The Big Back CataloginThe Big Back CatalogAnnie RUOK? RUOK Annie?The fallout from recent celebrity suicides of designer Kate Spade and culinary thinkmaster Anthony Bourdain has stirred an odd assortment…Jun 19, 2018Jun 19, 2018
The Big Back CataloginThe Big Back CatalogHe Stopped Loving Crows TodayMaybe I’m ashamed of liking the Counting Crows.Jun 8, 20181Jun 8, 20181
The Big Back CataloginThe Big Back CatalogWhat Happens to Wrath Deferred?How do you do anger?Jun 5, 2018Jun 5, 2018
The Big Back CataloginThe Big Back CatalogMuzak To My White EarsSo, I live in one of those grocery story wastelands. Pretty nice neighborhood surrounded by not-as-nice neighborhoods (a topic for another…Jun 4, 20181Jun 4, 20181
The Big Back CataloginThe Big Back CatalogYou think you have close friends, but you don’t, because if you did…you would tell them how much you make. Right? But you don’t, do you? None of us do. You might tell a friend the most embarrassing thing…May 30, 2018May 30, 2018
The Big Back CataloginThe Big Back CatalogThe Record Store Ain’t There Anymore“Our current world is a place where algorithms help us find an approximation of what we think we want. But the best albums deliver…May 25, 2018May 25, 2018