The NFL playoffs are here. Reno J. Romero calls it the way he smells it.

Halfway into the NFL 2011-12, Romero gives you the lowdown on the football goods.

Death is always there, and so is our conversation with it. In this excerpt from The Splendors of Death, Aris Janigian lets us in on his.

Jesus Angel Garcia does the Six-Question Sex Interview!

Reno J. Romero finds Jesus. In the sand.

Thomas Phillips finds beauty in his obligatory fall from grace.

Please explain what just happened.

I just caught some kind of sickness and had to play a concert. My voice kind of went out halfway through the show. After show, I arrived at Houston airport at 1 a.m. My flight is at 7a.m. Good times…

What is your earliest memory?

Throwing up through my fingers in Sunday school class with my hands over my mouth, trying to stop the vomit. My efforts were unsuccessful.

If you weren’t a musician, what other profession would you choose?

Speaking.

JM Blaine hangs with gap-tooth redheads & wide women at the county jail.