Honk Journal

15/01/2025

In which our author floats in space — 650 feet underground.

Exploring inner space deep beneath the prairie

01/01/2025

One last new memoir piece for 2024! "Me and Jesus: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Embrace the Void" is available for Honk subscribers' reading enjoyment right now! Happy New Year, folks!

http://honkjournal.com/the-hands-of-god

12/12/2024

Hey, Honkerinos... A new piece is imminent! Your patience is super appreciated during this time, as I have been getting some extra freelance work in, taking care of family/holiday obligations and recovering from a nasty respiratory virus that stole two weeks from me. Stay tuned and THANKS as always for your continuing support.

14/10/2024

NEW HONK PLUS PIECE JUST DROPPED! "Used Cars: A Gearhead's Path Through Life" is the followup to "Fifty Ways to Leave Wherever," and together they tell the story of every single vehicle I have ever owned — 50 in all! Paid members check it out at https://honkjournal.com/used-cars now!

As a bonus, I have made part one of this story FREE TO EVERYONE! Just click here to read: https://honkjournal.com/fifty-ways-to-leave-wherever

15/09/2024

Happy heavenly birthday to Wichita music legend Rudy Love. Here's the Honk Journal tribute to the man, complete with a custom playlist of some of his finest work!

Farewell to a sorely overlooked man of music

17/08/2024

NEW HONK MEMBERS-ONLY PIECE IS LIVE NOW! "Fifty Ways to Leave Wherever" is the story of my life as a gearhead, as told via a catalog of all FIFTY vehicles I have owned since my teens in the 1980s. This is only the first half, the second will drop ASAP. Honk Plus suscribers check it out now — and the rest of you, sign up today! There are many other memoir pieces there, only accessible to paid members, and your subscription literally keeps the lights on in our house. THANKS FOR SUPPORTING HONK!

honkjournal.com/fifty-ways-to-leave-wherever

14/06/2024

It's a whole other world of flavor.

My life as a supertaster

10/05/2024

Influential musician and recording engineer Steve Albini died unexpectedly of a heart attack yesterday at the age of 61. His sonic legacy is vast and deep, and just barely scraping the surface of his work, Honk Journal has put together a playlist of songs he recorded — 140 tunes in all, every single one by a different artist.

Indie rock's resident grouch changed the sound of modern music

29/02/2024

New piece up now at Honk Journal! It's called "Hey! Let's Go Bowling!" and it's only available to paid Honk Plus subscribers. Check it out! https://honkjournal.com/hey-lets-go-bowling

16/12/2023

SERVER SHUFFLE ALERT! Hey, Honkerinos, just a heads up. Our internet host is migrating content to a brand new set of servers so there *might* be temporary interruptions of service at HonkJournal.com over the next 24-48 hours. Chances are minimal but I wanted to let y’all know. Thanks very much for reading Honk!

A magazine of popular (and unpopular) culture.

14/12/2023

New memoir piece up now! Set in the early 1980s, "A Long Slow Season: Recovery In a Vacuum" bridges the gap between the "F**kboy" and "Cherokee Strip Club" narratives. Honk Plus subscribers can read it right now! https://honkjournal.com/a-long-slow-season

11/12/2023

New HONK PLUS piece coming this week...and news on the music project, too! Stay tuned!

In the meantime, here is a 50-plus-song playlist of some of the music that will be included in the compilation:

MC's finest jams from 1989-today

30/10/2023

RAMBLE ON! Hey hey, kids, it's a brand new memoir piece from my teenage years, focusing this time on the special relationship I had with the first car I bought for myself, a 1963 Rambler American station wagon. That little machine saw me through a lot of fire and rain in the scant three years I owned it — and losing it left a mark on me that has never healed.

The article is up now at honkjournal.com/ramble-on for all Honk Plus subscribers to read! (SPECIAL BONUS PLAYLIST TOO!) Subscribe today and have full access to this and dozens of other stories across the whole site!

27/09/2023

It's 2023 and The Lawrence Welk Show is still on television. Take a look back to the humble beginnings — and unique legacy — of this timeless titan of old-timey TV.

The enduring charm of Lawrence Welk

11/09/2023

9/11 was a rude awakening for America in many ways — and a personal one for me, too, in one very specific way. Honk Plus members read "I’ll Fly Away: 9/11, Psych Meds and Me" here: https://honkjournal.com/2021/09/11/ill-fly-away

16/08/2023

The king is dead... Long live the king!

Reconsidering the King of Rock & Roll at 85

03/08/2023

New Honk Plus piece up now! "Vacation! All I Ever Wanted: The Story of My Happiest Happy Place" is available to subscribers now right here: https://honkjournal.com/.../08/03/vacation-all-i-ever-wanted

23/07/2023

My grandmother Florence Genevieve Tally was born 100 years ago today. It's impossible for me to imagine what would have become of me had she not been there for me all along the way.

This is a long memoir piece I wrote after she passed away here in our home on May Day 2022; it was previously available only to Honk Plus members, but in honor of her life I have made it free today for everyone. Thanks for reading. ❤

Remembering the great matriarch who saved my life