While catching up with my buddy Brian earlier this year, he mentioned that he was looking forward to an upcoming album by Offspring, a band I really hadn’t thought about or heard much from in a long time. He suggested that I check out one of their more recent albums that he really dug and …
When I came across the band White Denim and started exploring some of their stuff, I also delved into a few of the related artists that Spotify listed with them. One artist I came across that I had never heard of before was a band named Woods. Their most recent album at the time was …
I’ve been lucky enough to spend some extended time in London, England, and I’ve always had enjoyable experiences. After returning from the last trip I took there, I wanted to find a book to read that covered the entire history of the country. I ended up buying one called The Story Of Britain, which did …
My hometown had two junior high schools consisting of grades 7 – 9, so I didn’t technically start high school until the 10th grade. During that first year of high school, I met a guy named Richard, who was one of only a handful of people I knew that was really into ska music. Richard …
The song “Spirit In The Sky” by Norman Greenbaum was a favorite of a buddy of mine in high school. That’s how I became familiar with it, and I definitely dug it from the get-go. Many years later, I had the good fortune to work on a reel of demos for the Spirit In The …
I got together with my buddy Dennis this past Tuesday night for dinner. I hadn’t seen him in a little while, so it was nice to hang for a bit and catch up. Towards the end of the night, Dennis mentioned that it was supposed to rain the next day. When Wednesday morning rolled around, …
Napster came out the same year I started college, 1999. It was already astonishing enough to go from a dial-up Internet connection at home to a T1 connection on campus, but now there was this program that allowed music to be shared so easily amongst its users. Many of us looked at it as an …
Eugene McDaniels and his album Headless Heroes Of The Apocalypse just appeared on my radar a couple of years ago. The unique title of the record prompted me to do some research about the release even prior to the tapes coming my way. After reading that Mr. McDaniels had previously written the song “Compared To …
The Marshall Tucker Band is another one of those cases of mistaken identity for me. Upon first hearing “Can’t You See” and for many subsequent years after, I always thought that the song was performed by The Allman Brothers Band. To me, the vocal, instrumentation, and overall feel of the tune just seemed very Allman …
The longest job I had while I was in college was at a place called Meijer, a grocery and general merchandise store in the vein of Walmart. It was there that I met my buddy Glen. Glen was an amazing origamist, a hell of a dart player, and a huge fan of The Band. Him …