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Sep 23 min read

Get Weird

An audio version of this essay is available on Substack here . “I am not eccentric. It's just that I am more alive than most people. I am...

Jul 273 min read

The Power of Pairs

An audio version of this essay is available on Substack here. Jobs & Wozniak Lennon & McCartney Ben & Jerry Collaborating with the right...

Jun 54 min read

Feeling Fab!

An audio version of this essay is available on Substack here . I was in Liverpool last week, where I spent a few days at Soundhouse...

Feb 263 min read

Sabbatical

An audio version of this essay is available on Substack here . “The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.” -...

Jan 162 min read

3 New Books From the Mind of Magill

I finished 2023 in a harried frenzy to get 3 new (kinda) books into the world. I am as committed to deadlines as I am distracted at...

Mar 26, 20223 min read

The Gods of Song

Suggested Song: I Won’t Miss You – Demo, Bill Magill Suggested Drink: Continuum cocktail: Gin, Vermouth, Chartreuse, Cynar, Curaçao. A...

Dec 17, 20202 min read

2021 Plans For The “Last Night.. ” Project

I received notice today that the script for the audio theatre adaption of Last Night at the Ha-Ra received The Best Genre Script award by...

Mar 18, 202017 min read

Dispatches from a Pandemic

Play this Song: This is the End , The Doors Make this Drink: Negroni (to my friends suffering in Italy): Campari, vermouth, gin. Now...

Sep 14, 20193 min read

The Masturbation Ultimation

Suggest song: Dancing With Myself, Billy Idol Suggested drink: Sex on the Beach cocktail. Vodka, peach schnapps, crème de cassis, orange...

Dec 4, 20183 min read

Finding Your Howl

Suggested Song: Downtown Train, Tom Waits Suggested Drink: Thurston Howl, rum, brandy, gin, pineapple and grapefruit juices. (to sooth...

Jun 7, 20185 min read

Dispatches from the Magic Kingdom

Suggested Song: Travellin’ Band, Credence Clearwater Revival Suggested Drink: Fogcutter cocktail: rum, brandy, gin, orange and lemon...

Sep 24, 20162 min read

Only Love Can Break Your Heart

Suggested song: Falling In Love, Elvis Presley Suggested drink: Broken Heart cocktail: vodka, Chambord, orange juice, grenadine A secret...