Part One: Getting a Little Bit Ugly Sometime in late 1992 I was hanging out in the lounge in my brother’s dorm during his sophomore year at UMass Amherst. His room was part of a suite of rooms that shared a bathroom and a common area. I was in high school at the time but... Continue Reading →

There aren’t many musicians or bands my father, brother, and I all agree on. My dad is a jazz and classical guy predominately now, but he used to be a bit of a deadhead, and once got mad at me for implying he might not know who Keith Richards was. My brother has somewhat similar... Continue Reading →

Going into my freshman year of high school, most of the music I listened to was pretty standard. It was the stuff you would hear on classic rock radio, or just regular rock radio at the time. I’m not sure who I would have identified as my favorite band, but it was probably John Mellencamp... Continue Reading →

A few years back I lived in an apartment complex next to a couple of friends. We all went to a weekly bar trivia night once a week and took turns being designated driver. I never minded driving because if there’s one thing in this world that I love it’s forcing people to listen to... Continue Reading →

A few weeks ago I wrote about Trapper Schoepp and the idea of the ‘begats’. The basic idea being that most of the bands and artists I listen to I arrived at directly because of another artist or band. In Trapper Schoepp’s case, I discovered his music when he opened for Jesse Malin. In my... Continue Reading →

I have a new weekly column for 'Tap Into Lower Merion & Narbeth'. This is a local online newspaper serving the Main Line areas of Philadelphia. I'll be writing each week about the Sixers. You can find my column in the sports section, with the name 'Winning Culture'. I hope you'll give it a read.

I'm not totally sure how to use this blog yet. Having recently had some stuff published people kept telling me it was a good idea to have an authors blog, and I agree, but I don't have a lot to say about the process of writing, so this blog will largely be about other things.... Continue Reading →

I try to see live music as often as possible, but living in Delaware it’s not always easy. There aren’t many venues for bands to stop, even in college town like Newark. It seems weird even after all these years that a town with a huge university can’t sustain at least a club for traveling... Continue Reading →