Stent Man

Arrived at 6:40am Thursday, Sept. 3rd at Parkview Memorial Hospital, Cardiology Center for my heart catheterization. I honestly didn’t know what to expect. For one, I’ve never had one. Two, the internet is full of information that can and can’t be helpful. Most of them are outpatient, but there are instances where you have to […]

It’s gettin’ hot in herrr

It’s currently 88 degrees, and with the heat index it’s around 150. Okay, not that hot but it might as well be. Walking outside is like stepping into a microwave on high cooking a Hot Pocket. It’s the kind of heat that within two minutes your underwear is damp. 10 minutes they’re soaked. After 20 […]

“I love the smell of Canadian wildfires in the morning”

Photo by Wayne Wastaken of Collins in Ontario I drove to work yesterday morning in a low-lying fog. I didn’t think there was supposed to be a cold front coming in that would cause fog, but what did I know? I’m not a meteorologist. I got to work and stepped out of my car into […]

“Have Spacesuit Will Travel” : The Return of Sleep(minus Matt Pike)

I didn’t get into Sleep until about 12 years ago or so. I was probably one of the very few that didn’t have weed as my entry point into the pot loving stoner/doom metal band’s sonic world. I was more intrigued by the hour-long song called “Dopesmoker” that became their pivotal release, and which more […]

Dreams

I’ve always had very memorable dreams. And I’ve been lucky(most of the time) to wake up and remember them. Even as a kid I was an avid dreamer, somehow mixing The Little Rascals, bowling, and The Muppet Show into one hallucinogenic experience in my pre-teen brain. There are still dreams that I had when I […]

Fortune Teller : The Empress

One label has remained steadfast with their mission to open eyes, open ears, and blow minds with music that delves into the Gothic, the heady, and frizzle-fried psych freakouts. Library of the Occult and it’s proprietor/head spell binder Tom McDowell has been laying out otherworldly records since 2019. Artists reimagining the eerie and hazy sights […]

“How great to be American and something else as well”

4th of July was always a holiday as a kid where I wasn’t quite sure what I was celebrating. We didn’t put out decorations, or have some special family meal where the grandparents came over and we carved a bird. There was no religious connotations with the 4th. We weren’t celebrating veterans like Memorial Day, […]

Yes : Aurora

I had to do a double take when I saw that there was a brand new Yes album out in the year of our Lord 2026. Yes, the prog rock Grandfathers that started -along with Genesis, King Crimson, Soft Machine- prog rock.Yes came out of the late 60s British rock scene to show those pesky […]

The Black Keys : Peaches!

I’m sure you’ve been sitting around waiting for your favorite corporate, Bud Light-sponsored blues rockers The Black Keys to drop a brand new by-the-books blues-infused record. Filled with competent Delta, Country, and boozy Midwest blues rock that will surely pepper your rock radio fumblings on the way to the next Coliseum gun and knife show. […]

Weird Nightmare : Hoopla

Alex Edkins was the guitarist and vocalist for Canadian post/punk band METZ for well over a decade. When the noisy trio decided to go on hiatus a couple years back Edkins side project Weird Nightmare became his main gig. METZ was loud, abrasive, and savored the dissonance of guitar squall, fuzzy bass lines, and brash […]