Brian John Murphy (Capt. Irony)

My blogs

Gender	Male
Industry	Publishing
Occupation	writer and publisher
Location	New England, United States
Introduction	I began my career as a rock critic with Crawdaddy Magazine in 1971. Since then I have reviewed records for Stereo, Metropolitan Review and Digital Audio. I was a computer journalist for Creative Computing, InCider and A+ magazines, a business journalist for High Tech Marketing , Sports Ink and Sports Marketing News, and published The Sports Marketing Letter. My book Commanders in Focus: Ulysses S. Grant is available at Amazon.com.
Interests	Military history, astronomy, medical science, opera, singing, string bass, reading, writing.
Favorite Movies	Maltese Falcon, Ace in the Hole, Paths of Glory, Apocalypse Now, The Great Escape, The Dark Knight, Zulu, Gladiator, Ben-Hur, 12 O'Clock High, Best Years of Our Lives, A Face in the Crowd, Viva Zapata!, From Dusk to Dawn, Bride of Frankenstein, Vertigo.
Favorite Music	Bernard Herrmann film scores, Wagner's Ring, The Who, Beatles up to and Including Sgt. Pepper (and Abbey Road), ZZ Top, The Beach Boys especially their LATER stuff, Frank Sinatra, Glen Miller.
Favorite Books	The Killer Angels, A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, Autobiography of Ulysses S. Grant, The Scarlet Letter, Twice-told Tales, A Clockwork Orange, Nothing Like the Sun, 1984, Homage to Catalonia, Scoop, The Loved One, Koba the Terrible, all of Wodehouse's Blandings Castle and Jeeves stories, especially Code of the Woosters and Joy in the Morning.