“This Was An Important Place in Their Lives” : ‘Dawn Of The Dead’ 45 Years Later

If asked what my top five movies were, I’d first say “That’s an impossible question, dammit!” But eventually I’d relent and give it a real go to make that list. A top five would definitely have Silence of the Lambs and Apocalypse Now. It would also have George Romero’s Dawn Of The Dead. Depending on […]

The Horror…The Horror…

I’ve been making a concerted effort to watch horror movies this month. Every weekend I’ve been watching something horror-adjacent. The last few years I feel like I’ll watch a couple movies and that’s it. I mean, what kind of horror fan am I if I’m only watching a couple spooky movies during the spookiest time […]

Nice Weekend, Spooky Tunes, Looking Better

This was probably the best weekend I’ve had in almost two months. That heaviness I’ve been carrying around seems to have lifted. A major reason for that is that my 20-year old daughter seems to be doing better, her heaviness and sadness over the whole dog debacle is diminishing. She’s still pissed at what the […]

Single Lash : Ladida

Single Lash builds worlds on their records. The Austin-based alternative band began as a musical outlet for singer/songwriter Nicolas Nadeau. Releasing debut Almost Breathing in 2012, Nadeau has built on those early dark, Gothic songs that ranged from echo-laden dark wave and 4AD vibes to a more bright, ethereal sound. The band has expanded to […]

Friday, Looking Back In Anger, Aging, Gut Feelings

It’s been a long few weeks and I’m pretty wore out mentally, emotionally, and existentially. Between the fiasco with the dog(yes that dog again), the drama at work with “when will we close?”, and my looming 50th birthday I feel like I’ve been walking a tightrope. My wife stayed the night at my daughter’s place […]

You Lose Some, You Lose Some(But You Also Kind Of Win)

After a month and a half of hand wringing, evidence gathering, restless nights of sleep, and hesitant optimism(everyone else, I’m more of a reluctant pessimist or doomed realist) we had our day in court trying to get our daughter’s puppy back from the shit stain ex-boyfriend in small claims court. What we hoped would be […]

Upgrading To The 21st Century

Life tends to evolve, shift, and upgrade right before our eyes. Sometimes it even does it when we’re not watching, so the next time we turn around its as if we’re living in some strange, new existence. I’ve always tried to keep up with the times. I never wanted to be left behind, yet it […]

Blonde Redhead : Sit Down For Dinner

The New York-based trio of Blonde Redhead have covered lots of sonic ground in their 30-year career. The band -which consists of Kazu Makino and twin brothers Simone and Amedeo Pace – released their first album in 1995 and started out as a noise rock band. But as the years went on Blonde Redhead evolved […]

Jeremiah Chiu : In Electric Time

Back in June of this year electronic music composer, educator, and artist Jeremiah Chiu walked into the Vintage Synthesizer Museum in Highland Park, Los Angeles, and began to play. Well, program sequences into these rare and vintage synthesizers and create a kind of analog, circuital symphony. Chiu was the mad scientist bringing these machines to […]

Another Weekend Laid To Rest

The weekend wasn’t bad. It moved along like it was in a hurry(as usual) to get back to whence it came, but that’s par for the course. That’s the nature of the weekend; here and gone like Haley’s Comet. Friday afternoon is but a distant memory(did it really happen?) I sometimes feel like it’s the […]