Home truths from abroad; the future is now.

Thank God the awful political commercials and phone calls are over. I was sick of hearing about it. Of course I voted, did you?

I recorded a demo with some friends from the recently defunct Ari Thanos over the weekend. It turned out really good, and I think we're going to try and make a go of it for a full ( Read more... )

This October was meant to be a month filled with shows, drinking, parties, and friends. What it wound up being was much less than that, but as of today it all feels ok. I missed TV on the Radio a couple weeks ago, along with Drive by Truckers and Mark Kozelek. We've been flat broke for weeks, and luck has not been nice to us.

Last night Alison and ( Read more... )

My life in the past week has been much like a Lemony Snicket book; a series of unfortunate events. First I forgot it was Sweetest Day. Not that that's all that big of a deal, since we don't really celebrate hallmark holidays. But we did get in a big fight that day, ending with us not speaking to each other.

Later that afternoon I took the kids to a ( Read more... )

This one made me laugh out loud, especially considering how I've been on both sides of the struggle at one time or another.


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My favorite new time waster:


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Haven't really felt like writing lately. Can't say why, really. Maybe because I've been ass deep in schoolwork lately. Doing good in all my classes for a change, though. I usually wind up dropping one around the halfway mark after neglecting it and realizing the best grade I could possibly get is a C at that point.

As of this afternoon I am now an ( Read more... )

I've been saying it for awhile now, but the pitching staff of the Detroit Tigers have pulled together for this New York series like nothing I've ever seen. It's like something out of a movie. Real drama doesn't go down that way. I swear, winning this series over what was arguably the greatest lineup ever assembled in baseball is better than winning ( Read more... )

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Something happened to me this week that's never happened before. I'll explain:

I'm ultra geeked about guitar gear right now (when am I not?). I'm selling off some stuff so I can buy more stuff. That's how it always goes. I just won an auction on ebay for a 70s model Fender PA head, which is essentially a Fender Twin with 4 channels and extra power ( Read more... )

Hot damn, I can't stop listening to the new record from The Hold Steady. I liked these guys before, but they've now possibly reached legendary status. Craig Finn is The gospel equivalent of Bruce Springsteen and Tom Waits. The songs all speak of life as an American Degenerate. It plays like Mellencamp, but it reads like Bukowski, with tales of ( Read more... )