During the NFL game last night, one of the quarterbacks took a bad hit that had him leaving the game on a stretcher. Thankfully, it appears that he will be OK, but it reminded me of a Lions’ game I watched as a kid in 1991. One of our offensive linemen, a gentleman named Mike …
The death of Coolio yesterday was another unexpected and surprising one this year. I remember when the movie Dangerous Minds came out and how much talk there was around it at the time. But for as much chatter as there was about the movie, it was quickly overshadowed by the enormous success of Coolio’s contribution …
I’ll be heading to Michigan for a little vacation time with some friends in the near future. They have never been to Michigan before, so I’m really looking forward to showing them around. Enjoying music as they do, one must-see place we’ll hit will be the Motown Museum. I’ve been once before and thoroughly enjoyed …
Music can be a really fun way to get to know someone you’ve only recently met if they’re into it. One of the engineers I spent some time with while in London was a relatively new guy who I had only talked to by phone and video, and mostly about projects in progress at that. …
The Smashing Pumpkins recently released a new single called “Beguiled.” Anytime they come out with new music, there’s always some part of me that hopes it will be as good as the stuff I grew up on, despite not likely much of anything they’ve put out over the last decade-plus. Alas, after giving it more …
When a buddy of mine and I started getting into billiards in high school, the first pool hall we ever went to was the Eastpointe Cue Club in Eastpointe, MI, formerly known as East Detroit. It was a relatively small place with probably no more than 12 tables, all bar-sized, but it was great for …
One thing I don’t like about buy tickets these days (beyond the ridiculously high fees, of course) is that ticket sellers usually try to force you into using a mobile ticket. To me, part of what I’m paying for is the ticket stub, a souvenir of the experience itself. I also find it odd because …
Let the countdown officially begin! We are just over 24 hours away from Rammstein playing the L.A. Coliseum, at least playing my show anyway, as they are actually playing there tonight as well. I am very much looking forward to this show, a reschedule from pandemic stricken 2020. In this case, the cancellation of the …
One of the last nights I spent in London, we ended up going out to dinner with a few of colleagues to a place called Cafe Med. This was the second time I had been there, the first of which was the only time I’ve ever been shushed in a restaurant. After some great food …
What I would consider my first true “Hollywood moment” happened a couple of years after I moved to L.A., while I was getting to know a couple of really great friends of mine that I now consider family. We were sitting around, likely watching some Lakers basketball, when a poster for the movie Blue Velvet, …