Art that can be interpreted by other art is more durable and accessible
The F Word
The F Word: Anthony Bourdain
The rock star of the culinary world lived to rile up the curiosity and wanderlust lurking in us all.
The F Word: Sing, sing, sing
The F Word. An online column for Frank De Blase to pontificate, ruminate, placate, and salivate. We’ll have reviews and previews, we’ll discuss trends in local and national music scenes, and we’ll try to do it as reverently as possible. Yup. Let’s get started. For this weekโs F Word, weโre coming up with songs that […]
The F Word: One Step Beyond
The F Word. An online column for Frank De Blase to pontificate, ruminate, placate, and salivate. We’ll have reviews and previews, we’ll discuss trends in local and national music scenes, and we’ll try to do it as reverently as possible. Yup. Let’s get started. This F word is gonna deal with lyrics, real and non-existent. […]
The F Word: He ainโt heavy
The F Word. An online column for Frank De Blase to pontificate, ruminate, placate, and salivate.
The F Word: Sixty Minute Man
Wait a minute. Think about it: 50 is only middle age if you live to be 100. And how many of us are going to be that lucky? Time is flyin’, man, and there’s none to waste. As a creative person, there are certain things I want to do and add to my legacy before […]
The F Word: If it’s too loud, you’re not old enough
The F Word. An online column for Frank De Blase to pontificate, ruminate, placate, and salivate. We’ll have reviews and previews, we’ll discuss trends in local and national music scenes, and we’ll try to do it as reverently as possible. Yup. Let’s get started. Going out to see all these shows is taking its toll […]
The F Word: The right to keep and arm bears
The F Word. An online column for Frank De Blase to pontificate, ruminate, placate, and salivate. We’ll have reviews and previews, we’ll discuss trends in local and national music scenes, and we’ll try to do it as reverently as possible. Yup. Let’s get started. Who am I to argue with Ronnie Van Zant? He was […]
The F Word: Stay cool
The F Word. An online column for me to pontificate, ruminate, placate, and salivate. Weโll have reviews and previews, weโll discuss trends in local and national music scenes, and weโll try to do it as reverently as possible. Yup. Letโs get started. When the curtain went up on the Kodak Theater for RAPAโs production of […]
The F Word: Good art, bad artists
The F Word. An online column for me to pontificate, ruminate, placate, and salivate. Weโll have reviews and previews, weโll discuss trends in local and national music scenes, and weโll try to do it as reverently as possible. Yup. Letโs get started. Thereโs a menagerie of despicable people roaming the Earth today. Sexual predators are […]
The F Word: Can The Struts save glam?
Introducing The F Word. This will be an online column for me to pontificate, ruminate, placate, and salivate. Weโll have reviews and previews, weโll discuss trends in local and national music scenes, and weโll try to do it as reverently as possible. Yup. Letโs get started. The Struts are more than they appear to be. […]






