The Beach Boys and Brian Wilson– Interrupted Brilliance?
The Beach Boys and Brian Wilson– Interrupted Brilliance? 2980 words • 12 minutes After my recent article about the Beatles I was pleased to have received thousands and thousands of comments and emails asking about what other musical groups might have found a bit of...
The Beatles—Books, Drugs, and Immortality
The Beatles—Books, Drugs, and Immortality 2500 words • 12 minutes It is hard to imagine that at this point anything more can be written about the Beatles—what is there, after all, to say? It’s very possible that more ink has been spilled about the Fab Four than about...
Neal & The Procrastinators: World Tour
Neal & The Procrastinators: World Tour Neal & The Procrastinators are pleased to announce, after 40 years in the making, their debut world tour to showcase their new album entitled Get ‘er Done…Someday with the smash new single There Will Always Be A...
Is it bad music or is it just a little shopworn?
Is it bad music or is it just a little shopworn? 1,300 words • 7 minutes In the age of the internet, no matter what your interests or hobbies, with just a few searches you can find others who like exactly the same things as you do. Are you passionate about Romanian...
The Beauty of No
The Beauty of No 1, 355 words • 10 minutes Whether it is no, nein, non, Nyet, or 番号, every language has a way of expressing “I am unable,” “I’ll pass,” “sorry—I don’t want to,” or even an emphatic “fat chance.” Yet I believe that the simple word no, when properly...
About Your Average Author
Bios are normally the place to list great achievements and accolades, but since Neal’s are a bit thin the recap of his life is refreshingly brief.
Quite early Neal caught the attention of his teachers as being on the fast track to the cherished 50th percentile in life. It might have been his noteworthy lack of skill, not to mention talents, in areas such as academics, athletics, the arts and drama, or social life. Together they destined him to observer status only. Tragic? No, for it was there that he found his comfortable place in the just average bleachers.