Including a Tang Dynasty (618-907) official's epitaph discovered at an administrative organ established by the Central Plains ...

An epitaph is a single sentence or phrase usually placed on a tombstone. This short comment is supposed to summarize an individual's life or accomplishments in a single phrase. Epitaphs were very ...

In Part 1 and Part 2 in our series of interviews with Art Garfunkel about his new autobiography “What Is It All But Luminous,” we discussed the crooner’s relationship with Paul Simon, the songs Sound ...

I like to think that, of all the ways to express one’s unique brand of nerdery, we music geeks are an extra special breed. Whether you’re a rabid record collector or a burgeoning singer/songwriter or ...

Each word carries a story, but not all words are imbued with emotional or cultural significance. One such word is “epitaph.” The word epitaph is greater than a mere word; it is a tribute, a memory, ...

Hamlet teaches much. The play taught me that the dead depend upon the living to tell their story. The dead, after all, first linger in our thoughts and prayers and then disappear inside old photograph ...

Bad Religion during Rock for Choice 1993 at The Palladium in Hollywood, CA, United States. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic, Inc) The original Los Angeles punk rock scene lived fast, died young, and ...