It’s All Heavy, Man

The air feels a little heavier than it should. There’s a sense of doom and gloom all around, covering the view like a low hung fog. Thick as split pea soup, it seems to cover any chance of seeing what lies ahead. I’m living in a time that me 20 years ago could not even […]

Long Weekend, New Music Coming Along, Election Week

The 5 days off was much needed. No major appliances or vehicles broke down, no family emergencies, and no injuries. So I’d say it was a successful fall break. Of course the King Crimson show was the highlight. Still reeling from that one, and probably will be for some time. Halloween was pretty uneventful. My […]

Halloween 2024 : Beat Tour, Spooky Movies, Staycation

All Hallow’s Eve is here. I’m sitting in the living room at 9:30 am on Halloween Day, rocking a solid 5 hours of sleep. No, it’s not that I had a bad night of sleep. It’s that we didn’t get home till 1:30 am last night and I didn’t end up falling asleep until after […]

Halloween Week

There’s something about Halloween that has always felt sacred to me. Of course being a kid and going door to door getting candy from neighbors and strangers alike was pretty magical. So was heading out with a friend or siblings and that feeling of ghoulish camaraderie as you all huddled in a group, fighting off […]

Good Weekend, Friend Hang, No Hot Water…And Tunes

It was a good weekend. Even if it wasn’t great it still would have been great since I only work two days this week and I’m off for my own little fall break. I’ll clock in and out Monday and Tuesday, then after that I’m off the rest of the week. Wednesday my wife and […]

Radio

The radio was everything to me growing up. In that weird space between being a little kid listening to Disney records on a red, white, and blue Fisher Price record player to stacks of heavy metal cassettes being blasted through a GE boom box, the radio was my main source of musical nourishment. I was […]

Monday’s Back…With A Vengeance

Another weekend come and gone. It’s like it never happened, sadly. That’s the story with most weekends, you’re so excited on Friday afternoon that you don’t take the time to stop and smell the roses so to speak. Saturday morning you may pull back on the brakes a bit, but then you get caught up […]

Really Feeling Time Pass Lately

I’ve really been feeling that creaking of time. How it slips through the cracks, slips out the window in the middle of the night, and generally leaves without saying goodbye. One minute I was kind of struggling to stay afloat with three little kids in the evenings while my wife worked second shift; cooking, cleaning, […]

Welcome To The Future…And The Past : A Curmudgeon’s Weekend

It’s been a pretty solid weekend. Honestly, the last two or three weekends have been what I would call solid time spent outside of work. Lots of record spinning, lots of walks, quality time with my wife…I guess what I’m saying is I can’t complain. But knowing me I will soon stumble upon some reason […]

Friday, Pine Needles, New Laptop, New(Old) turntable, General Weekend Gratefulness

We’ve made it to yet another Friday. The work week has finally come to an end, so rejoice and make the most of those two days off. If you have to work the weekend, my apologies. I’m firmly in the throes of autumn clean-up at my house. It’s pine needle dropping season, so I hook […]