Talking My Walk

Bruce Mulkey, Essayist & Author

Category: Musical interlude

  • Rest in peace, Guy Clark.

    Guy Clark died today at the age of 74. Rest in peace, Guy. Pack up all your dishes. Make note of all good wishes. Say goodbye to the landlord for me. That son of a bitch has always bored me. Throw out them LA papers And that moldy box of vanilla wafers. Adios to all…

  • Sunday Morning Music

    On June 7th, 1969, The Johnny Cash Show made its debut on ABC at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. Featuring Cash ensemble regulars June Carter, the Carter family, Carl Perkins, the Statler Brothers, and the Tennessee Three, his choice of musical guests for his debut program were Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, and Cajun fiddler…

  • Walking Round in Women’s Underwear

    It’s that time of year again! Bob Rivers’ hilarious parody of “Winter Wonderland.”

  • “Let the Mystery Be” by Iris DeMent

    “Let the Mystery Be” by Iris DeMent “Let the Mystery Be” by Iris DeMent Everybody’s wonderin’ what and where they all came from. Everybody’s worryin’ ’bout where they’re gonna go when the whole thing’s done. But no one knows for certain and so it’s all the same to me. I think I’ll just let the…

  • So Far, So Strange

    Jeff Thompson played this evocative song at Jubilee! yesterday, a fitting tune for my 70th birthday. Jeff is also the creator of Shit New Age Guys Say, which has gotten almost 300,000 hits so far on YouTube. “So Far, So Strange” by Jeff Thompson Under the unrelenting gaze of who I was in younger days,…