Highlights

 * "JAZZ TODAY" COLUMN at PopMatters.com (scroll down to "J" and see my smiling face)
 * BEER AFICIONADO (OpiumMagazine): Humor and Reviews of the Best in Hoppy Goodness
 * CD REVIEWS at PopMatters.com (I'm up with a new music review about twice a week) -- check it out!
 * DISQUIETING MODERN TRENDS (Yankee Pot Roast): Humor and Social Commentary from Will and COsmond
 * ESSAY: on Bethesda's Tastee Diner, a 4th place $50 masterwork! Read it here
 * FOOD: Will "Reviews" the B.L.T.
 * HUMOR: Bugs' Graduation Speech
 * HUMOR: Bush and Cheney Discuss Gay Marriage (somewhat.org)
 * HUMOR: DA VINCI CODE Parody -- at www.somewhat.org
 * HUMOR: If Yoda Were Yogi (DC Examiner)
 * HUMOR: Jersey Conversations, the Reality (somewhat.org)
 * HUMOR: Layman and Osmond on What to Do with Five Spare Years (YPR)
 * HUMOR: Roger Answers ALL His Email (Opium)
 * HUMOR: The Neo-Conservatives FINALLY Call Their Mothers (Uber,nu)
 * HUMOR: While Picasso Was Out (Girls With Insurance)
 * HUMOR: "My Keynote Address for Tonight's Family Dinner" at YankeePotRoast
 * HUMOR: "My Son's Appearance on FRESH AIR" at www.mcsweeneys.net
 * HUMOR: "Scenes from the Lives of TV Exec's" at Uber.nu
 * HUMOR: "The Top Man" (contains many f-bombs) at Uber.Nu
 * HUMOR: "ToastShop" at www.somewhat.org
 * HUMOR: Chris and Will Just Don't Give a S***! (uber.nu)
 * HUMOR: E-Mail from my Mom on the Death of Arafat (uber.nu)
 * HUMOR: If Yogi Were Yoda (Opium)
 * HUMOR: McSweeney's, "Cooking with Esther Bangs"
 * HUMOR: Nicholson Baker Parody at Yankee Pot Roast
 * HUMOR: Short Imagined Monologue, "Gregor Samsa, Coach" at McSweeneys.net
 * HUMOR: Will Gets His Paws Dirty (parenthetical note)
 * MUSIC REVIEW: Will Reviews the Latest "Happy Apple" CD at OpiumMagazine.com
 * MUSIC: Ed Beach Article in "Radio and Records," April 2003
 * MUSIC: Inspired by PitchforkMedia -- My "50 Best Albums of the 70s"
 * NPR Morning Edition Commentary, "Graduation" (June 2003)
 * POLITICS: If Republicans Made GEICO Commercials (YPR)
 * POLITICS: Election Analysis! (Eyeshot, the cool web site)
 * POLITICS: Election Predictions (Eyeshot.net)
 * SPORTS: Red Sox: They won, but they WISH they had lost . . .
 * STORY: "My Penis Dream: (OpiumMagazine)
 Chalkmarks, "The Ethic of the Download" (October 2003)
 Chalkmarks: "Exam Fatalism" (December 2003)
 Chalkmarks: "First Practice" (January 2003)
 MUSIC: On the Kinks' "You Really Got Me" (November 2003)

Will Layman — Writer, Teacher, Musician, Wisenheimer-at-Large

Wheee! Summer's here!

Welcome. I'm a teacher, writer and musician in the DC area. Here, you can read some of my humor and music writing.

MY THREE ONGOING PROJECTS: (1) The Beer Aficionado at OpiumMagazine.com (where I'm also an editor); (2) "Disquieting Modern Trends" at YankeePotRoast; and (3) "Jazz Today" and ongoing CD reviews at PopMatters.com. See links at left.

Also to left are links to humor, essays, NPR commentary and MORE. Dig.