I’ve never been a fan of jazz. I’ve always recognized and appreciated its artistry, its technicality, and it’s influence on and presence in other forms of music, but I’ve just never gotten into it. I owned a copy of “A Kind of Blue” at one point, but I never listened to it much. I tried, though. Earlier this evening, while driving home from work, I … Continue reading All that Jazz
The year was 1998. I’d been stranded far from home in the barren, desolate wastelands of Lubbock, Texas for about three months. I had no friends, no hope, and no foreseeable prospect of escape. One day, I happened across Hammerfall’s Legacy of Kings album, and when I hit play it was as if I’d ignited a blazing torch that chased the darkness from the dank … Continue reading POWER METAL
I’ve never been a huge fan of country. I hated it as a kid, but as an adult I’ve grown to appreciate it a lot more. Life experience makes it more relatable, I guess. Who knows? I’m currently traveling down a deep country rabbit hole, discovering old music I didn’t know existed and revisiting old favorites. Here’s a few. Willie Nelson: Blue Eyes Crying In … Continue reading Five of my favorite country songs
Moon Garden is a collection of fanciful and speculative stories that live somewhere between science fiction and fantasy. Grave Concerns explores the darker side of life and the human psyche. Download them both to your Kindle Library for free January 25th! Continue reading “Moon Garden” and “Grave Concerns” both free today
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I don’t know how to answer that question. Where would I even start? I have an encyclopedic knowledge of rock n’ roll from the ’50s-’90s, same with metal from Black Sabbath to now: thrash, power, death, black, grind etc. I love death and power metal and trad metal. I have an encyclopedic knowledge of rap(my favorite one of the four elements of hip hop)from about … Continue reading I don’t know what to say when people ask me what kind of music I like.
Guns N’ Roses Not In This Lifetime Tour, October 23, 2019 Photo Credits for pro-shot pics goes to Katarina Benzova Hearing Welcome to the Jungle as a fifth grader in 1987 is one of the most important moments in my life. I knew right away that this was different than Bon Jovi and Def Leppard. It was different than all the shit I’d seen on … Continue reading GNR 10-23-19 OKC non-review
Back in the (very) early 2000’s, I read an interview with Kid Rock in Spin Magazine. He was talking about the success of his 1998 breakout album “Devil Without a Cause,” and how he’d approached writing the lyrics to that album with the mindset that he was already a multi-platinum megastar, even though he’d only enjoyed moderate regional/underground success up to that point. Throughout the … Continue reading Somebody’s gotta feel this
Ice-T has become a household name as an actor, but in the late ’80s and early ’90s, he was widely considered one of the most dangerous people on that planet, at least in circles of uptight white people and by Oprah. Thing is–and I understood this as a thirteen year-old, so I don’t know what that sad about adults–these songs were ALL cautionary tales. Nowhere … Continue reading Five great hip hop songs from 1989
I’m not a huge fan of country overall, but I’m a fan of well-written, well-constructed and catchy songs. That’s not to say that country as a whole doesn’t fall into that category, and like any other genre I don’t primarily listen to, I respect that it’s art, just not art that resonates with me personally. First of all, I love Dwight Yoakam. I am a … Continue reading Five great country songs
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