SML…Gotcha Day…Live Comedy…Anxiety Blues

Sorry. Been a little quiet this week. Lots of busyness the last few days, starting last Friday. Last Friday the wife and I headed east 3 1/2 hours to Columbus, OH to see the improvisational jazz/experimental band SML at the Wexner Center For Performing Arts. SML consists of Jeremiah Chiu(electronics), Anna Butterss(bass), Josh Johnson(saxophone), Gregory […]

Besotten : Eye of the Monolithicrypt

You could say that my musical tastes are varied; eclectic, even. As I’ve gotten older I find myself venturing into more experimental jazz. International Anthem out of Chicago has been a go-to spot for me as of late, digging on bands like SML and artists like Jeff Parker, Makaya McCraven, Jeremiah Chiu, Josh Johnson, Gregory […]

The states are turning blue(and so am I)

It was an unprecedented Midterm election day on Tuesday. To me, it felt like something big was going to happen. That a tide might actually turn and perhaps sanity, common sense, and common decency was going to play a big part in how folks would vote. But man, I was not expecting the tide to […]

DIIV : Zirp!

DIIV set the bar pretty high for themselves with their 2012 debut Oshin. Touching on shoegaze, dream pop, and jangly guitar noodling of early 90s college rock, guitarist/frontman Zachary Cole Smith showed promise for some kind of shoegaze revival. Is The Is Are soon followed in 2016 with plenty of ambition and lots of personal […]

The Olivia Tremor Control : The Same Place

The Olivia Tremor Control is the legendary neo-psychedelic garage rock band from Athens, GA and one of the original bands to come out of The Elephant Six Recording Company, along with bands like Neutral Milk Hotel, Apples In Stereo, Of Montreal, and Elf Power. The band was powered by the lo fi geniuses Will Cullen […]

Go do the thing today…

Today is election day here in the US. The mid-terms, which in some cases is just as important and presidential elections. Maybe even more. The mid-terms are like a 90-day job review. It’s that time that the American people can say yay or nay to how the administration has been doing so far, which includes […]

Queens of the Stone Age : Perfecth

For Queens of the Stone Age’s nearly 30 year career they have had plenty of ups, downs, over and outs, rinse and repeats. Coming from the ashes of Kyuss, frontman Josh Homme and bassist Nick Olivieri took the stoner/desert rock DNA from their childhood band and turned it into a cottage industry. Walking clumsily along […]

Jeremiah Chiu : Edge Connections

Jeremiah Chiu has been on a roll as of late. Over the last few years Chiu has had a rather fruitful creative run of intricate electronic albums; some with Marta Sofia Honer, some with the improvisational super group SML, and some as a solo artist. His In Electric Time from 2023 is a stunning display […]

Check-In, October 28, 2026 : Fall rolls along, cardio rehab, music is my savior

Hello. It’s been a minute since I’ve sat down to throw some thoughts on the proverbial wall to see what sticks. Things are rolling along pretty well. In the last couple weeks we went to a wedding, spent hours outside working in the yard and walking many miles(both solo and with Miss Celeste), and most […]

Scores of Scores : John Carpenter’s ‘The Fog’

John Carpenter’s The Fog is one of those movies that could have gone down in flames. Coming off the success of his independent horror film, a little flick called Halloween, Carpenter was given the opportunity to make another film. That film was called The Fog, and while in post-production Carpenter realized the film was not […]

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