Joe Satriani : Shockwave Supernova

I’ll admit it, I love Joe Satriani. In all seriousness, he was the driving force that pushed me to play guitar as an awkward Midwestern teenager. I’d been playing for two years prior to hearing Joe, but once I heard Surfing With The Alien when I was 14 years old I felt like I’d been […]

Struck With Deer Lungs

Now here’s an odd one. I discovered Huerco S. while perusing the Software label’s roster and I was immediately drawn to the bizarre face on the album cover. I figured “Hey, this is weird looking. I think I’ll like it.” Sure enough I did. In fact, it’s one of my favorite electronic music discoveries in […]

Jack Johnson Sessions

Still enjoying this newfound freedom I’ve discovered in this massive 25-disc Pioneer CD changer, I thought I’d break out one of my favorite CD Box sets, Miles Davis’ The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions. Back during Christmas of 2011 I’d started getting pretty heavy into Miles. I’d bought Bitches Brew, In A Silent Way, and Nefertiti […]

Favorite Spins 2015 : Half Way In Edition

I’m not sure if it’s the stouts clouding my brain or what, but this year seems to be going by incredibly fast. Like lightning fast. Like super crazy fast. There’s more gray in my beard. There’s more muscle pains in my back. My kids are growing out of their shoes at a record pace. Dammit […]

emptiness inside

So the whole shoegaze vibe hasn’t quite left me just yet. Tonight, it’s the My Bloody Valentine CD Boxset of their first two LPs, as well as their EP collection. I recently bought a Pioneer 25-disc CD changer for the home stereo off of my pal at work for a pauper’s allowance and this delicious […]

sun less sea

Over the years I’ve grown an affinity for shoegaze music. When it made its presence known back in the late 80s and early 90s I didn’t get it. That was essentially my high school years and I was too busy listening to Rush, hair metal, and speed metal to be concerned with a bunch of […]

Lords of Karma

So one of my oldest pals says to me today, “new satriani today. i’m a bit afraid. when was his last innovative record?” That got me thinking about the guy(Satriani, not my pal.) Of all the “shredders” that emerged from the cloud of White Rain and spandex back in the 80s I always felt Joe […]

Snakes For The Pantomime

It’s Thursday night and I’ve been enjoying an Imperial Stout from Boulevard Brewing Company’s Smokestack series. Corked and popped like a fine wine, it’s one of the tastier stouts I’ve had in some time. Gives me that warm feeling in the belly like a bottle of wine should, except it’s not wine. It’s beer, bitches. […]

Tame Impala : Currents

Okay, so I’ve listened to Tame Impala’s excellent new album Currents several times now. Like everyday, twice a day, since last Friday. I can say very confidently that it’s a masterpiece. Kevin Parker has finally decided he no longer has to make albums that sound like they’re being performed by a crusty crew of long-haired, […]

Le Saule

Another week here and another week the wife is four states away working until the weekend. She was North Carolina-bound on Saturday afternoon, after my company picnic at the Fort Wayne Zoo(no animals were harmed in the making of that company picnic.) The picnic was decent enough, except for the fact it was 90 some […]