Real Estate :: Atlas

You know I like apathy, discontent, and an overall general malaise in my art fix like the next guy. And a bit of snarky condescension always makes a song go down a bit rougher, yet satisfyingly cold as well. I mean really, wouldn’t you rather have disconnected sarcasm permeating the tunes you pump into your […]

Vinyl is the Monday Cure

Nothing quite like getting home and seeing not one, but two cardboard squares sitting on the front stoop. That’s how I call Monday a winner, folks. Sitting on the front step was a package from Denmark and Brooklyn, New York. El Paraiso dropped off the new Jakob Skott album Amor Fati and Domino Records left […]

Fathers & Sons

Today is my son’s birthday. He’s the ripe old age of 9, and as the saying goes, it seems like only yesterday he came into this world in the middle of a snow-covered March night. He was a surprise baby, for sure. But to imagine our lives without him is to imagine a far less […]

Sounds for Enlightenment(and other things)

Hi. Yeah, I’ve been a little absent as of late. This week has been a long one, for sure. I haven’t felt much like writing, what with late nights, after work busyness, and just a general malaise. But like someone once told me in a dream, “Time to buck up, Skippy. There’s stars to lasso […]

The Bottle and the Damage Done

There were times earlier in my life where I toyed with the idea of being a counselor of some sort. Maybe a high school counselor due to the lack of having a decent one when I was in school. Then later on the idea of more of a therapist seemed appealing. I think the idea […]

St. Vincent :: St. Vincent

Oh Annie Clark, I think you’re pretty super. I’ve thought you were pretty super ever since 2007. You were this sorta weird and quirky girl that was so way cooler than me. You played the guitar the way I wish I could’ve played. You made each fuzzed-out riff and melody seem effortless, while I’d make […]

Friday Night Jazz

It’s back. What’s that? Well Friday night, that’s what. Strange how five days goes by quicker than four. I worked all week with no days off and it seemed to fly by in comparison to last week(I was off last Tuesday with a sick kid.) Still, I welcome thee Friday evening. I’m always glad to […]

It’s A Long Way To The Top(if you wanna rock n’ roll on a Saturday afternoon.)

There are many defining moments in ones life. Graduation, marriage, becoming a parent, and that first gig that goes to hell. Sure, not everyone hits that moment in their life. There are quite a few folks that will never know that utter disappointment, embarrassment, and complete crushing defeat of a music gig that falls flat […]

Thelonious and Me

Not much to report. It was a long week despite me being short a work day(sick kid.) This afternoon was like the freakin’ Gauntlet trying to get groceries, then getting a surprise call from my oldest asking me if I was on my way to pick her up(umm….no.) So I had to leave the store […]

Papir :: IIII

Not too long ago I found this little slice of musical heaven located in Denmark. It’s a little record label that goes by the name of El Paraiso Records. It was started by some guys in a band called Causa Sui in order to release their records to the listening public. As well as releasing […]