Like a lot of culture vultures with an appetite for so-called Americana, I'm ambivalent about the sticks. I'll sing along to Terry F...

By now, thirty years after the release of their first single, Jeff Conolly's band the Lyres have become sorta like their namesake ancien...

I ain't no autogaph collector, or handwriting analyzer, but here's my favorite show-biz signature, scrawled by... Well, you can read...

Screamin' Jay Hawkins & Cinque Lee in a still from Mystery Train. Screamin' Jay's suit from Lansky Bros., Memphis, TN.