Grandma’s Hand, and the lead up to Leda’s horny swan
cindyphillips from my Substack archives: 4 July 2025 / Topics in this post, for reader discretion: Poultry Porn, things that lead to a lede, and drunk texting in a Town and…
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A SHOTGUN, A PREGNANT VIRGIN, AND WOMEN WITH BUCKETS
from my Substack archives: Cindy Phillips, 2 July 2025 Hyannis Port, Mass., July 2 (UPI) – President Kennedy mourned tonight the death of Ernest Hemingway, whom he called one of…
Blondie, Beedi, and our beloved Brothel Creeper-in-drag
from my Substack archives: 1 July 2025 It’s a nice day for music birthdays. There’s Jeff Wayne, turning 82 today, the guy who gave us the prophetic Jeff Wayne’s Musical…
How come I know Marla Maples, and holding on for 80 000 rabbits.
from my Substack archives: Perfect album for today, how come I know Marla Maples, and holding on for 80 000 rabbits. Cindy Phillips, June 30, 2025 The noise of post-Glastonbury…
SEGUE, SEGUE, SATURDAY
From my Substack archives: Segue Segue, SaturdayCindy Phillips, Jun 28, 2025 I love a slooooow segue; the learning is the aphrodisiac, and I type my own em dashes – because…
MAYBE YOU DON’T OWN YOUR NOVEL DRAFT, DID YOU KNOW THAT?
"Penguin Random House has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging its chatbot ChatGPT violated copyright by mimicking and reproducing the content of a popular series of German children’s books. The…
So long, WordPress, hello, Substack (for a while…)
I’ll be back soon, writing regularly on everything from history and culture to the odd bit of kitchen-sink philosophy. Need a distraction from the news? Yesterday’s piece covered the perfect…
Ghana bags, the Mayor of New York, and the Thing About Grace
27 June birthdays: Joey Covington (born 1945, died 4 June 2013) and Grace Lee Boggs (born 1915, died 5 October 2015) Joey Covington was a drummer and songwriter with The…
You’re So Vain, You Probably Think This Blog Is About Pigs
My birthday calendar says we’ve got Orwell and Carly Simon on the same day? That’s literary-political sass and 70s self-aware sparkle rolled into one. Delicious! “All animals are equal, but…
Ambrose Bierce and Mick Ralphs, Wondernauts
“Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.” Ambrose Bierce I told Aggie I almost named him Ambrose, so many years ago, when I thought he was…