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Feb 25, 2015

Dishes

I've long defended the chore of dishwashing. Certainly, I've favored it over all others. Vacuuming is loud, dusty, and I always end up ha...

Dec 31, 2014

2014

This is my favorite post of the year. I get to hide out in my office, headphones on, listening to all the the best in music I've stored u...

Dec 24, 2014

That Time Of Year

Monday Music on a Wednesday? Well, it's the holidays. I could pretend I intentionally held this back for Christmas Eve, but really, the t...

Jul 14, 2014

I Will Run

This is one of those moments where I had a post all lined up for today and then, last night, I heard something awesome. I'm immediately b...

Apr 28, 2014

Record Store Day Treasure

I've been driven to the Internet not out of convenience, but out of sheer necessity. Coming from a small town in rural Michigan, I've ne...

Apr 7, 2014

To Rock And Roll We'll Always Be True

Sure, it's dipped back into the cold and the wind is as fierce as it's been in months. But the chafing motion of air is just a sign of t...

Mar 23, 2014

Although I Have Nowhere To Go But Home

Is it close enough to write about windows down, dial up, sun shining, warm weather songs for the Spring? Yeah. Probably. After all, it is...

Mar 17, 2014

The Moore Brothers

I spent Sunday morning hanging with Thomas and David Moore, of South Bend's The Moore Brothers, recording an interview for an upcoming ep...

Mar 3, 2014

Sing It

He filled a room. Stories were told; tales of him as a brother, a father, a cousin, or a friend. Stories and jokes and laughs. But the si...

Feb 25, 2014

Charlie

Today I woke to sadness. The news came last night. Charlie, one of the Woodfire crew, had passed suddenly. I don't know that I could say...

Feb 17, 2014

Every Anthem Needs A Ukulele

A recent tale from Amanda Palmer (Eddie Vedder Gave Me A Trophy!!!!!) seemed like the perfect excuse to share this song and tales of my ow...

Feb 3, 2014

Salty Tales

"Gentlemen, we've had some complaints." I was quite confused as the man approached our vehicle. After all, we'd just arrived. Still, it...

Jan 13, 2014

Three Turns Of The Wagon Wheel

This is what I did know (or thought I knew): Bob Dylan had a song called Wagon Wheel I could barely recall. Old Crow Medicine show did a...

Dec 31, 2013

2013

It's not a top ten or even a true "Best Of 2013" list. In fact, some of this music wasn't even released in 2013. These are simply the t...

Dec 23, 2013

On 32 and Years Closing

"i don't wanna worry about dying" In less than a week, I'll be 32. It's not an idea that warrants much attention in my mind...indeed, I ...

Dec 16, 2013

The Winter Song

Winter gets a bad rap. The season been given many labels: . cold . . . ...

Nov 25, 2013

Fifth On The Floor

One of the pleasures that comes along with following music is the unexpected new that one encounters along the way. Sometimes that "new" ...

Nov 18, 2013

If your bottle's empty, help yourself to mine

We turned Tuesday into Saturday. It's but once a year (and sometimes less frequently) that Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers make their way t...

Oct 21, 2013

Music can do magic

And then I followed the unknowing woman into the car wash parking lot. Wait...let's rewind. I recently told the tale of my discovery of a...

Oct 14, 2013

Professor/Possessor

Sometimes I have a planned track for an upcoming Monday Music and a thing comes along and knocks it to the side. Thanks to Professor/Pos...

Oct 7, 2013

The good guys and the bad guys never work past noon around here

Cable TV was a new thing for me somewhere around 8th or 9th grade. Growing up, we could never really afford pay television. I don't reca...

Sep 21, 2013

Into Darkness

I just got around to watching the new J.J. Abrams' Star Trek: Into Darkness. I know it was the blockbuster, must-see movie of our now pa...

Sep 16, 2013

It was Jon who got us on the tour bus.

I would have gone home, but then, that's the guy I've always been. Not that I didn't want to stay, that I would have turned down a chance...

Sep 9, 2013

Rock On With Your Frock On

It was April 20th, 1997 when I saw my first concert. I suppose there was another event that could take that title, but being dragged with...

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