Author Archives: Sean Murphy

About Sean Murphy

SEAN MURPHY (@bullmurph) is the author of Not To Mention a Nice Life and the best-selling memoir Please Talk about Me When I’m Gone. He's a columnist for PopMatters and writes frequently about the technology industry. His work has also appeared in Salon, The Good Men Project, The Village Voice, AlterNet, Web Del Sol, Punchnel’s, and Northern Virginia Magazine. He has appeared on NPR's "All Things Considered" and been quoted in USA Today, The New York Times, The Huffington Post, Forbes and AdAge. Check him out at seanmurphy.net

Thom Jones: The Pugilist at Rest (in Peace)

Posted on October 27, 2016 by Sean Murphy

Thom Jones was not a one-shot wunderkind so much as a career scrapper who banged back at a world intent on beating the shit out of him. Continue reading →

Posted in Appreciations | Tagged baseball, boxing, Cold Snap, Dostoyevsky, Jake LaMotta, short stories, Sonny Liston Was a Friend of Mine, the New Yorker, The Pugilist at Rest, Theogenes, Thom Jones, tolstoy, writing | 1 Comment

More Human than Human or, Do Atheists Dream of Electric Sheep?

Posted on October 17, 2016 by Sean Murphy

Your opinion on whether Deckard is human or replicant might offer insight into your philosophy regarding morality, and even existence. Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema | Tagged atheism, Blade Runner, Christ, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Dostoyevsky, Harrison Ford, Melville, Philip[ K. Dick, poe, Rick Deckard, Ridley Scott, Roy Batty, Rutger Hauer, Tears in Rain | Leave a comment

RICH ASSHOLES PAYING NO TAXES IS UNPATRIOTIC

Posted on October 3, 2016 by Sean Murphy

If you’re unwilling to pay your fair share for the services that often make America exceptional, you’re letting the country know no rules can, or should, apply to you. Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged 2016 election, Bernie Sanders, Capitalism, democrats, Donald Trump, Gary Johnson, GOP, Hillary Clinton, Millennials, Rudy Giuliani, Taxes | Leave a comment

Taxi Driver: 40 Thoughts for 40 Years

Posted on September 19, 2016 by Sean Murphy

Taxi Driver may be the most important American film, and 40 years later, it still talks to us. Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema | Tagged 1976, Bernard Herrmann, Ennio Morricone, goodfellas, Harvey Keitel, Jodie Foster, Martin Scorsese, Mean Streets, New York City, Paul Schrader, Quentin Tarantino, Raging Bull, Robert De Niro, Stephen King, taxi driver, Travis Bickle | Leave a comment

Three Perfect Albums, Ten Years Later

Posted on August 22, 2016 by Sean Murphy

Three career defining albums by three very different artists, reappraised ten years later. Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Uncategorized | Tagged 2006, Bitter Tea, Fiery Furnaces, Fox Confessor Brings the Flood, Music, Neko Case, Return to Cookie Mountain, TV on the Radio | Leave a comment

Some Men Just Want To Watch The World Bern

Posted on July 18, 2016 by Sean Murphy

Memo to the implacable and petulant Bernie Bros: if Hillary is good enough for your hero, she’s good enough for you. Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Uncategorized | Tagged Batman, Bernie Bros, Bernie Sanders, Bill Clinton, Bush, Chris Christie, Donald Trump, Dr. Strangelove, FDR, Fox News, GOP, Gore, Hillary Clinton, Lincoln, Mike Pence, Nader, Newt Gingrich, The Joker | Leave a comment

50 Bullet Points Concerning America’s Gun Psychosis

Posted on June 14, 2016 by Sean Murphy

If you’re still alive, you’re not Orlando. Do something. Do anything. Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Tagged 2nd Amendment, America, Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, bullmurph.com, democrats, Donald Trump, GOP, Gun violence, guns, Hollywood, Igor Volsky, Jim Jefferies, massacre, NRA, Obama, Omar Mateen, Orlando, Orlando Massacre, Republicans, Sean Murphy, Soma, Stanley McChrystal, The Weeklings, TS Eliot, William Carlos Williams | 1 Comment