Once again, I dig into the big box (and elsewhere) to find old records to listen to and blather on about. This volume branches out a little bit past the usual piles of hair metal and mid-nineties pop rock into one of the more embarassing musical phases of my life, which is something, coming from […]

Sad to say, despite some cool stuff this weekend, I’m having one of those down periods. We’ll just say that yesterday, for all kinds of reasons, just wasn’t optimal, and I was, frankly, relieved to go to bed and put it death, at least figuratively. That said, I still did some objectively cool and interesting […]

Happy Birthday, Kid. Sorry about teasing you about “the awkward hug”.

A few more records I’ve been pulling randomly from my big box o’ CDs and listening to on long drives: ♦Halfway There: A Central Pennsylvania compilation: For a couple of years in the mid 90s, Central PA had something of a renaissance of original music. Music that people noticed and appreciated. People like record company […]

I spent my evening taking in a screening of Super 8. Good movie; sort of like a lost Spielberg classic from the early 80s. Great sound design, and very evocative of the type of film it pays tribute to (even if such tribute is sometimes a little too on-the-nose). If you happen to find yourself […]

Amanda posted an interesting piece today on the resurgence of Republicans (particularly this cycle’s crop of presidential aspirants) claiming that they once had Democratic tendencies, but had some experience that brought them to their senses and to the proper Republican path. She points out, rightly, many of these stories are merely fabrications to endear the […]

Had a doctor’s appointment today, and my blood pressure kicks ass. What a difference a year makes; comparing my numbers from last year to those from this morning, it’s a wonder I wasn’t half-dead…though i actually probably was. Lifestyle changes do make a difference at heading off a crappy hand at the genetic poker table. […]

More little record reviews. I hope I’m not repeating myself. ♦Never The Bride: I bought this record after hearing the band’s amazing version of “Goin’ to California” on Encomium, a Led Zeppelin tribute album. I know very little about them, other than the fact that they’ve got a vocalist with an amazing female rock voice; […]

Watched the mid-season Doctor Who finale, “A Good Man Goes To War,” this weekend. I shall not spoil anything for you, though I will gloat that I know definitively who River Song really is, and it’s quite likely that you don’t. It’s really quite a good “finale” to tide viewers over until the show comes […]