Heavy-hearted in the Midwest since 2011
It was a pretty decent weekend. Thursday night the wife and I drove our 20-year old to the Indianapolis airport. She had a 9pm flight from Indy to Newark, NJ. From Newark she took a cab to Manhattan where she spent the weekend with her best friend. A trip long overdue and one very sorely […]
Read More Weekend Update : Indy, Books, Walks, Yard Work, Oh My!There’s a special kind of magic that happens with Dawn Chorus and the Infallible Sea. A musical alchemy occurs within the lush sound layers, processed noise, and ethereal melodies that emanate from their songs. My first experience with this ambient music project was their 2020 release Liberamente, which came to us via Azure Vista Records. […]
Read More Dawn Chorus and the Infallible Sea Return With “Cadere”; New Album Out Spring 2024Depending on how tight of a grip religion has on you – or maybe you’re just a curmudgeon who hates fun – today is everyone’s favorite non-holiday holiday, Halloween. The day the kiddos(and some adults) dress up as their favorite monster and ghouls and go door to door in search of Fun Size chocolates. Of […]
Read More Halloween 2023It was the perfect fall weekend. Despite Friday getting near 80 degrees and me turning the A/C on after work because the house was near 75 degrees inside(neighbors were burning so I had to close all the windows), by Saturday morning the cold air moved in. It was blue skies, chilled air, and a sense […]
Read More A Weekend In PhotosJack Tatum arrived with his project Wild Nothing in the late 2000s/early 2010’s on Brooklyn’s Captured Tracks label. Wild Nothing’s debut Gemini was lo fi dream pop; intimate songs, hushed bedroom production, and pop music that feels both familiar and singular at the same time. With each release to follow Tatum opened the sound and […]
Read More Wild Nothing : HoldIf 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 […]
Read More “This Was An Important Place in Their Lives” : ‘Dawn Of The Dead’ 45 Years LaterI’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 […]
Read More The Horror…The Horror…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 […]
Read More Nice Weekend, Spooky Tunes, Looking BetterSingle 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 […]
Read More Single Lash : LadidaIt’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 […]
Read More Friday, Looking Back In Anger, Aging, Gut Feelings