Heavy-hearted in the Midwest since 2011
I woke up Monday morning to a chill. Sunday was cooler than Saturday, so the AC was shut off and the windows opened. There’s a calming feeling that comes over me when the fall is just around the corner and the windows can be opened. The rustling sound of wind making its way through the […]
Read More Getting closer to the chill…If you’re a fan of sad Beck Hansen then you’re in for a treat with his new album Ride Lonesome. We have the 3rd record in a trilogy of sadsack Beck records, following Sea Change from 2002, then Morning Phase in 2014. These are the sad Beck songs, expertly produced to a finite sheen; spectral […]
Read More Beck : Ride LonesomeAfter Mastodon parted ways with longtime guitarist/songwriter Brent Hinds it seemed an era was at an end. The metal quartet had made their mark on the metal community for 2 decades, releasing forward-thinking records like Leviathan, Blood Mountain, and Crack The Skye. These were albums that towed the line between speed metal, prog, and punk […]
Read More Mastodon : Marrow DeepSleep are absolute legends. Not only did the trio -which included Al Cisneros on bass, Matt Pike on guitar, and Chris Hakius(later Jason Roeder) on drums- help define stoner and doom metal in one fell toke…I mean, swoop, but they showed how heavy and loud a three-piece can be. After their game-changing album Dopesmoker, the […]
Read More Sleep : HempispheresFor the most part you know what to expect from a Ty Segall album. It used to be that one would arrive every year, if not even sooner than that. You could count on Tinnitus-inducing fuzz volumes, drum freakouts, and Ty doing his best to sound like someone singing while melting in lava at the […]
Read More Ty Segall : ChromeI do love doing things outside my house, I really do. Concerts, movies, dinner at a restaurant, even a visit at a pal’s house is great. Heading down south to see the kids? Sure. I just like those things spread out over different weekends, that’s all. Plans on Friday AND Saturday night? It’s a very […]
Read More Gonna need a weekend for my weekend…It’s been 14 years since the passing of MCA, aka Adam Yauch, of the Beastie Boys. When one third of the long-running rap group left it seemed like that was it. The Beastie Boys were done. Remaining members Ad-Rock(Adam Horovitz) and Mike D(Michael Diamond) did re-emerge 6 years later with a Beastie Boys memoir and […]
Read More Mike D: Thank YouArrived at 6:40am Thursday, Sept. 3rd at Parkview Memorial Hospital, Cardiology Center for my heart catheterization. I honestly didn’t know what to expect. For one, I’ve never had one. Two, the internet is full of information that can and can’t be helpful. Most of them are outpatient, but there are instances where you have to […]
Read More Stent ManIt’s currently 88 degrees, and with the heat index it’s around 150. Okay, not that hot but it might as well be. Walking outside is like stepping into a microwave on high cooking a Hot Pocket. It’s the kind of heat that within two minutes your underwear is damp. 10 minutes they’re soaked. After 20 […]
Read More It’s gettin’ hot in herrrIt was a great weekend. Saturday was pretty quiet, just did some grocery shopping, my wife and I got lunch, and we made taco pizza for dinner. Enjoyed a couple fall-ish beers and spun some records. We watched the movie Good Fortune with Keanu Reeves, Aziz Ansari, and Seth Rogan. It was a decent watch. […]
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