My interest in ambient music (or new age, as the genre was often referred to at the time) began in earnest during the early summer of 1990 when I was […]
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My Social Media Debacle (Part 3)
It’s been nearly five years since the original post in this series was published on September 2, 2019. It chronicled my departure from all social media platforms after many conversations […]
JUNE 2020
And then June 2020 started. I blinked. And then June 2020 ended. Sorry. No podcast this month.
Favorite Live Videos #5
On this day six years ago (May 3, 2014) I went to the Chameleon Club here in Lancaster on a tip from an old college pal to see a show […]
Favorite Live Videos #4
My early relationship with Peter Gabriel’s music was documented in this blog post. In that post, I describe how his 2002 album Up converted me from a very respectful fan, […]
Favorite Live Videos #3
This is a bit of a bonus video because my goal with this series had been to share single song videos. I simply couldn’t share just one piece of this […]
Cocteau in Springtime
The Cocteau Twins are a spring band for me. It’s funny how certain bands and sounds remind people of certain times of the year. Unless the music is made specifically […]
Favorite Live Videos #2
Regardless of how I feel about a band’s music, if they own it live, I respect them. This performance of “Silverfuck” by The Smashing Pumpkins in 1994 is a fantastic […]
Favorite Live Videos #1
I found London Grammar through one of those “if you like this, you’ll probably like that” algorithms on the Internet. It was probably Spotify. I immediately fell in love with […]
Peter Fucking Gabriel
I was in middle school when Peter Gabriel’s “Shock the Monkey” was a hit. I remember recording it off of the radio from Q94, the top 40 radio station in […]