Red Chevy Nova

I was heading into my sophomore year of high school when I discovered the Canadian power trio Rush. It was a pretty natural progression into Geddy, Alex, and Neil’s thoughtful, intellectual, and technical brand of progressive rock. I had been playing guitar for a little over three years and was winding down on that whole […]

On The Record Series Part Two : Burning Witches Records

I think as far as MVP awards go in the realm of record companies, Burning Witches Records out of the UK should most definitely pick up that award in 2018. For a label that appeared out of the ether in 2016 in a growing field of heavy synth and imagined soundtrack-themed labels and artists to […]

YES M!CH!GAN

We don’t do it nearly often enough, but occasionally it’s nice to hit the road with no definitive destination in mind. Pack some snacks, get some tunes playing, and let the road take you where it may. Yesterday was one of those days and it felt good. The wife and I and our 13 and […]

I’m Afraid Of Americans

My wife and I finished the final season of the FX series The Americans tonight. It was a bittersweet hour, honestly. I’ve come to love the show, despite the fact that the family you knowingly root for and grow to love are deep cover Soviet agents that are flipping US citizens to join forces with […]

As Time Goes By

The fastest week of the year is usually my summer vacation. This year was no different. We normally pack up the car and head down south to Brown County and explore Nashville, Bloomington, and various trails while enjoying the view from some nondescript cabin in the woods(I use the term cabin loosely, as they’re usually […]

Garage Sales…Revisited

I’m not a fan of garage sales. Not a fan of going to them, but most definitely not a fan of having them. I just don’t think it’s in me to host a gathering in my garage where my old shirts, shoes, and worn down furniture are the main attraction. I appreciate the purpose, which […]

A Little Night Music

I never listened to music when I went to bed as a kid. I don’t remember wearing headphones with tunes blasting into my ears as I floated off to dream land. I don’t even recall having a music box playing lullabies as a little one, either. What I do remember was using a fan to […]

What Next?

It’s really starting to settle in. The whole graduation and college thing. Before, we were so worked up about the process of graduation and planning an open house that I didn’t really have time to let all of it sink in. It’s sinking in now. 18 years have come and gone. We started out not […]

18 Years Without A Lost Time Accident

“So Owen, do you have any idea what you’d like to do after you graduate high school?” “I don’t know. Sleep.” This was an actual conversation that occurred in our car on the way into the 7th grade awards convocation last night between my wife and my 13-year old son. We’re winding down another school […]

I’m no manly man. Just a man, man.

I would never consider myself a manly man. From outward appearances I think it seemed as if maybe I might’ve become one. I was always a big guy, even when I was a little guy. “Stocky” was used to describe me as a kid. “Big-boned” was another. Because of this it was assumed I’d be […]