Live Nude Girls!!

So this post has nothing to do with live nude girls. In fact, it’s the complete opposite. It’s about live clothed guys. Pasty, Midwestern guys that for one year played a string of gigs in dive bars, basement pubs, rock clubs, and an Eagles Post. It’s also about how one of those guys, me, decided […]

If Miles Were Jimi: Bitches, Brews, Big Fun, and a Dandy Boxer

I guess you could say I’ve got an affliction. It’s something I can’t seem to get over, and to be honest I don’t want to get over it. You see, I’m in the midst of a Miles Davis binge. It’s more than a binge, though. It seems more like an absolute electric Miles infestation of […]

Andrew Bird :: I Want to See Pulaski at Night

I’ve seen Andrew Bird live twice in my life. The first time was at the Chicago Opera House back in early 2009. The second time was at the Murat Theater in Indianapolis, IN in the fall of 2009. Both shows were stunning, Bird displaying a mastery of musical art like no other. But both shows […]

The Imperfect Storm

Whoever came up with the phrase “the perfect storm” was obviously in some meteorologist’s office sitting in front of a radar screen with a cup of coffee and a doughnut next to them. They were not out in this so-called “perfect storm”. Yesterday, November 17th, 2013, we went through one of the most violent storms […]

Steinbeck’s Lost Joad: Remembering My Grandpa

Had he lived another year my Grandpa Dale would now be 86 years old. He died a year ago last Sunday, November 10th, 2012. Had he been alive this past April we would’ve celebrated his birthday the same way we have celebrated his birthday for the last 10 years, and that would be with a […]

J. Hubner, Being Thankful, and the Grizzly Bear

Man, all I can say is that I’m glad my ass is firmly planted in a chair at home. A vanilla porter is sitting next to my lap top and it’s Friday night at 5:27 pm. That means the work week is once again winding down. Groceries are purchased, vinyl is spinning, and I’m not […]

Thrill Jockey and the Wooden Shjips

I’ll tell you what kiddos, it was a cold one out there today. I think it was a high of 35 degrees today, with a low of 23 degrees tonight. But guess what, it’s smokin’ up in this crib tonight. Thrill Jockey sent me a care package in the form of the new Wooden Shjips […]

Midlake :: Antiphon

So here’s the scoop in case you didn’t know or didn’t really care, Midlake was/is a band from Denton, Texas that was fronted by a guy named Tim Smith. They created strange worlds on their albums that were part renaissance fair and part Ray Bradbury novel. A renaissance fair that took place in another dimension […]

“Daddy’s In The Doldrums”

Okay, I’m not really in the doldrums. I’m tired, but not in the doldrums by any means. You know who is in the doldrums? The dad in the song “Daddy’s In The Doldrums” by Secret Machines, that’s who. Secret Machines are a band I discovered back in 2004. I hadn’t heard one note of their […]

If Miles says so…

…then it shall be. I’ve got some picking up to do on this Friday evening. But that’s all right because I’ve got a couple Breakfast Stouts up in the freezer to help ease that cleaning into chill mode. No, it’s not eggs and bacon liquified and fermented over a hot Midwest summer. It’s actually a […]

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