The Crossroad “It’s been coming for a while but after watching The Great Hack, I decided to pull the plug.” That’s a typical conversation I’ve been having with friends and […]
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Late Career Classics
There’s something awesome about a rock band hitting its stride and creating music in its peak of relevance. I feel like that time often comes in the ten years after […]
Three Years of Drone
This past weekend I made my 3rd annual pilgrimage to Basilica Hudson, a repurposed 19th-century factory turned arts and performance venue in Hudson, NY, for the 24-Hour Drone, an immersive […]
I Love This New Malcolm Record
The Ok-Ok’s are an indie rock band from Central PA. I don’t know anything about them. The guitarist in the band is Isaac Swartz and he recently released an album […]
The Satanic Panic
I was listening to the 666th episode of This American Life the other day, which is appropriately about Satan. The first act of the show features a story about longtime […]
The Day Metal Died [For Me]
I will never forget the first time I heard Disintegration by The Cure. It was released in May 1989, right around the time that I graduated from high school. Coming […]
Getting the Fuck Out of My Own Way
In my previous post, I reflected on my “why” for playing music and how that “why” evolved over the past three decades. Five years ago when I was in my […]
Why Do I Create?
I’ve grappled with this question my whole life. The “why” question. Why do I carry this urge to create things, or more particularly in my case, to create music? I […]
Formlessness Tines
On January 5, 2019 I had the pleasure of heading over to Phoenixville, PA, a 45 minute drive northwest of Philadelphia, with my friend Josh to experience an evening of […]
Rock and Roll Book Club
Back in 2014 Pat Buzzard, one of my oldest friends, told me about a new podcast he and some buddies were working on. For about a year he and Mark […]