Epistrophe

WELCOME

This blog site is devoted to re-engaging with various moments and people from the arts through the 20/20 magic of hindsight and the riches of research. Enjoy your visit! And if you’d like to be notified whenever new posts are added, just send your email address to email@epistrophe.blog.

Book Club Corner

Brief reviews of various recently read fiction, old and new. Updated regularly. A review of Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels is now available. Check it out by clicking here.

April 15, 2024

Daredevil @ 60: Part 2 – The Netflix Series

The second in a series of articles examining and celebrating DD’s 60^th anniversary focuses on the first television series about The Man Without Fear. (Continue Reading)

April 1, 2024

Compositions in Spoken Word

A selection of Dark Hollow poetry and music from the 1990s to the present. To listen, click here.

March 15, 2024

Philip Roth Revisited

A reprint of a tribute to the author following his death. (Continue Reading)

March 1, 2024

Daredevil @ 60: Part 1 – Hell’s Kitchen

The first of a series of articles examining and celebrating DD’s 60^th anniversary focuses on the character’s relationship to his Manhattan neighborhood. (Continue Reading)

February 15, 2024

Brian Auger & Oblivion Incorporated

A look at the first two decades of the keyboardist’s career through two recent CD releases. (Continue Reading)

February 1, 2024

“Driftin’”/“Never Be the Same”

Two tracks by Dark Hollow comprise the latest musical post. To listen, click here.

January 15, 2024

The Spider-Man Movie That Wasn’t

An excerpt from Road to Infinity about early attempts to put Spidey on the big screen. (Continue Reading)

January 1, 2024

Secret Hours by the Wall

Traces of Slough House in Mick Herron’s The Secret Hours. (Continue Reading)

November 1, 2023

Epistrophe/Epistrophy

Greek, literary and jazz takes on the name of this blog site. (Continue Reading)

October 10, 2023

“Kings and Queens”/“Light Behind Her Eyes”

Two tracks from the 1980s by Home at Last. To listen, click here.

October 1, 2023

Altmanesque

A review of two recent books on filmmaker Robert Altman. (Continue Reading)

September 15, 2023

“Talkin’ to Myself”/“Love for Glory”

Two songs from Dark Hollow’s Shadow of the Sun CD are now available for listening (click here).

September 1, 2023

Joan Didion and the Shifting Phantasmagoria

From the archives, a celebration of the writer’s inimitable style. (Continue Reading)

August 21, 2023

Evening Shades of Gray

With this year’s Philadelphia Folk Festival canceled, let’s look back at the 1972 festival when Bob Dylan put in somewhat of an appearance at the event. (Continue Reading)

August 8, 2023

Many Ears to Please: Fairport’s U.S. Tours 1974-1975

A look at Fairport Convention in mid-1970s America, with a focus on their 1974 Glassboro and 1975 Trenton, New Jersey performances. (Continue Reading)

July 24, 2023

“Closer to the Wind”/”Sweet Texas Girl”

Two Dark Hollow tracks from the early 1990s are featured in the latest music post. To listen, click here.

July 7, 2023

Assembled!

A look at the second set of books in the Penguin Classics Marvel Collection due for release in September. (Continue Reading)

May 14, 2023

“Hot, Hazy and Miles”/“The Wheel”

The first musical offerings on the site are two tracks recorded by Dark Hollow in the 1990s and early 2000s. To listen, click here.

May 12, 2023

The Smiling Stranger in Bremen

     Anyone believing they’re unfamiliar with the music of John Martyn might want to take stock for a moment. (Continue Reading)

April 20, 2023

First Live-Action Daredevil

     For the 1989 NBC-TV movie The Trial of the Incredible Hulk, Daredevil was featured as the title character’s co-star. (Continue Reading)

April 11, 2023

Double Agents

     In capturing the real world, master spy novelist John le Carre’s fiction includes several field agents just as comfortable in the world of journalism. (Continue Reading)

About Me

As an educator, musician and author of Road to Infinity: Marvel’s Multimedia Journey, Nothing to Turn Off: The Films and Video of Bob Dylan and Before the Wind: Charles K. Landis and Early Vineland as well as fifteen-years of articles for the SNJ Today newspaper, I am using Epistrophe as a platform for posting new writings, article reprints, book excerpts and original music.