When David met Tim.

Very happy to see this. One of our favorite social and literary critics writing about one of our favorite authors. Very nice that. And full of goodness. Lots.

Drop the Needle and Pray: Mourning Clarence Clemons, 1942 - 2011. David Masciotra. PopMatters.

Because the Big Man was the Big Man and because nobody Masciotra's like David Masciotra himself.

"In his memoir, he talks about how the first time he met Bruce Springsteen, they “fell in love” and after playing one song together, they knew that “this is it”. Whether or not Clarence Clemons was the best saxophone player in rock music is not for me to judge. There is no doubt, however, that Clarence Clemons was the best saxophone player for Bruce Springsteen."

Modern Family at the PopMatters.

You may think we are especially in love with PopMatters these days because of the recent piece they ran by the David Masciotra on the work of TBWCYL, Inc. spokesperson Ben Tanzer. And we are. That said, it's nice to see some insightful commentary on Modern Family, which just wrapped-up it most excellent first season, regardless of the source.

"Ben Tanzer is a writer with enough heart to pump life into nearly any literary scene." We get PopMatters'd. And like it. A lot.

Most humbled we are. Rock star author and TBWCYL, Inc. favorite David Masciotra has written a quite awesome essay on the pop culture and psychological implications of TBWCYL, Inc. spokesperson Ben Tanzer's fiction and we are most appreciative. The title of the essay is "Ben Tanzer’s Fiction: A Tragicomic Exploration of Life and Pop Culture" and it appears at the most excellent PopMatters blog. We hope you check it out and we have printed an excerpt below for your reading pleasure. By the way did we mention that we are humbled? Because we are. Way.

"The pop cultural references and witty banter in Tanzer’s fiction is not merely some slick game intended to show off literary skills and trivia knowledge for the audience. It is an attempt to contribute to literature’s finest inquiry: What makes the individual affectionate, lonely, satisfied, and terrified?"