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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

December 1, 2025

Season’s Greetings!

For the 2025 holidays, you can choose to read “‘Riu Chiu’ – The Story Behind The Monkees’ 1967 Christmas Cover” by clicking here and/or select from five Dark Hollow Christmas recordings by clicking here. Thanks to all who have visited this site in 2025! Happy Holidays!

November 1, 2025

James Douglas Morrison, Poet

The study of Jim Morrison in 2025 is the focus of this article on the Doors’ frontman. (Continue Reading)

October 1, 2025

The Geography of Neil Young

With the release of Oceanside Countryside, Young offers a glimpse into his physical and musical journey in the second half of the 1970s. (Continue Reading) 

September 2, 2025

The Rascals: The Complete Atlantic Studio Recordings

The CD box set It’s Wonderful features a remastering of the band’s first seven albums with stereo/mono mixes and bonus tracks. (Continue Reading)

August 15, 2025

Cold Day in Hell/Hush 2

Marvel and DC’s concurrent limited series releases of new Daredevil and Batman comics affords a good opportunity for comparison of the two characters. (Continue Reading)   

August 1, 2025

Mick Herron’s First Novel

In anticipation of the Apple TV+ adaptation of Down Cemetery Road in October, we take a look at the book that started it all. (Continue Reading)

July 7, 2025

Guitar Tales: John McLaughlin and Jesse Ed Davis

Looking back on the early years of these two musicians through recently published books about each. (Continue Reading) 

June 5, 2025

Fairport Convention: It All Came Round Again

A look at the band in the 1980s as represented on the recent twelve-disc box set. (Continue Reading)

May 1, 2025

Joan Didion’s Notes

A commentary on the publication of the author’s Notes to John. (Continue Reading)

April 16, 2025

Daredevil @ 60: Part 5 – Born Again

A look at the Man Without Fear’s return to the screen in a new nine-part Disney+ series. (Continue Reading)

March 18, 2025

Steven Wilson’s Overview

Our world is placed in the context of the cosmos in Wilson’s latest solo album. (Continue Reading)

February 1, 2025

Daredevil @ 60: Part 4 – Miller’s Elektra

The fourth installment of the ongoing series about The Man Without Fear features an examination of Elektra’s origin and early years. (Continue Reading)

January 15, 2025

Richard Thompson: Time Will Show the Wiser

The former Fairporter, now a New Jersey resident, has been touring the U.S. for over forty years. Here’s a look at two local shows, then and now. (Continue Reading)

January 1, 2025

Moon Knight, Venom & What If…

The latest in Marvel’s What If… novel series has Marc Spector hosting the alien symbiote. How does it compare to Moon Knight comics? Click here to find out.

November 1, 2024

Dylan: Tour ’74 Revisited

A new 27-disc box set allows a closer look at how the tour’s second stop in Philadelphia would forecast the rest of the run. (Continue Reading)

October 1, 2024

Streaming Spook Street

A look at the Apple TV+ adaptation of Mick Herron’s fourth Slough House novel as it nears its conclusion. (Continue Reading)

September 15, 2024

Robert Hunter: Tales of the Consummate Writer

A profile of the Grateful Dead lyricist and author on the eve of the release of his lost manuscript, The Silver Snarling Trumpet.  (Continue Reading)

August 15, 2024

Daredevil @ 60: Part 3 – The Charles Soule Run (2015-2018)

The third in a series of articles examining and celebrating DD’s 60^th anniversary focuses on last decade’s comic book run by the novelist. (Continue Reading)

July 9, 2024

CSNY ’74: See the Sky About to Rain

An examination of the 1974 Crosby, Still, Nash and Young reunion tour and their Atlantic City Race Course concert. (Continue Reading)

June 15, 2024

The Doors & the Matrix Masters

A look at the band’s residency at the San Francisco club in 1967 through the latest archival release. (Continue Reading)

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)

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)

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)