Author Archives: Stephen Futterer

Everything has its plan, either way…. I would classify my position on Wilco over the years as “like-hate.” Certain songs, at certain times, rose almost to love-levels, but something was always holding me back. I had long felt their output uneven, a mix of the inspired (some by way of Woody Guthrie) and the insipid.Continue reading ““These are a few of my favorite things…””

I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: “Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on theseContinue reading ““Ozymaskias””

Corporate advertisers wanted to try a direct marketing campaign to doctors, so they started hanging banner ads on radiology reports. To their shock and dismay, however, they learned that clinicians were often not reading the reports at all (and when they were, it seemed it was mostly to check for typo’s). But with a geniusContinue reading ““Kneebok””

“When life gives you lemons, just say ‘FUCK the lemons!’ and bail.” — Kunu/Chuck (Paul Rudd) in “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” (2008)

EMILY DICKINSON (#591): I heard a Fly buzz – when I died – The Stillness in the Room Was like the Stillness in the Air – Between the Heaves of Storm – The Eyes around – had wrung them dry – And Breaths were gathering firm For that last Onset – when the King BeContinue reading ““Now Serving #591””

My wife, acting fast, snapped the photo as we sped east along I-70 from Denver to Baltimore back in the summer of 2020. The name is a fun portmanteau of Kansas and Colorado, as it sits near the state line in western Kansas. To the city-slicker, life sure looks simpler out on the prairie, atContinue reading ““In my mind I’m gone to Kanorado…””

“Though my problems are meaningless, that don’t make them go away I need a crowd of people, but I can’t face them day to day” — Neil Young from song “On the Beach” (1974)