Meth In The Heartland

While completing Methland by Nick Reding in record time (unaided by any chemical boosts stronger than caffeine), the  crank epidemic/phenomenon/scourge/what-have-you, quickly crystallized for me: meth is the same cheap, potent and highly addictive drug of choice for blue-collar rural whites that crack cocaine is for the ghetto-ized black population. Meth, …

Little Boy Blue

“Harrowing” and “horrific” are poor substitutes to describe the truncated life & times of jazz legend Chet Baker. Like the book’s  subject, James Gavin’s probably-definitive biography is addictive and left me ~ during those times when I had to put it down for more mundane pursuits like work or a doctor’s …