Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner

Well, I did it. I entered my very first cooking contest.
In entering the recipe that I did I also took a big risk. Even though the rules of the contest didn’t stipulate that the recipe had to be something simple or easy to prepare, I felt no matter what it was necessary for [...]

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Kids & Music: Jonah Rocks

January 24, 2010

This post originally appeared on my music column ‘The Crossroads’ over at Dad-Blogs.com on January 15, 2010.
Searching for some inspiration for column ideas I stumbled upon one unexpectedly while reading Mashable the other day. Their post about Jonah Rocks, a five year old drumming prodigy, blew me away.
My opinion on kid’s music has been [...]

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Creatures of habit?

November 2, 2009

This post originally appeared on my music column ‘The Crossroads’ over at Dad-Blogs.com on October 26, 2009.
A few weeks ago I was in the middle of a funk coming up with new topic ideas for this column. In an effort to break out of it and find something to talk about I turned to [...]

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Review Preview: Sony’s Pimping My Minivan

August 31, 2009

I’ve recently been invited to review a product for Sony and shot this quick video to give you all a quick preview of what’s to come:

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Something Happened on the Way to the Amphitheater

August 15, 2009

This post originally appeared on my music column ‘The Crossroads’ over at Dad-Blogs.com on August 10, 2009.
I used to love going to concerts, especially after I got my first set of wheels. Growing up in South Jersey I spent my summers and meager paychecks at the Mann Music Center in Philly.
I saw the Steve Miller [...]

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Do You Jitterbug?

July 25, 2009

This post originally appeared on my music column ‘The Crossroads’ over at Dad-Blogs.com on July 21, 2009.
Personally, I’m not much of a fan of children’s music, which is particularly vexing to my wife as we work on raising our son.  When we are home and playing I usually keep some music on the background just [...]

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Center Stage: Matthew Ebel

July 19, 2009

Image by Financial Aid Podcast via Flickr

This post originally appeared on my music column ‘The Crossroads’ over at Dad-Blogs.com on July 14, 2009.
In recent years I’ve been trying to broaden my musical horizons, as I’ve usually let alternative and class rock radio stations and what I heard growing up influence my tastes.  I made the [...]

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Blipshow #3 Playlist

July 16, 2009

Tonight’s Blipshow started out mellow, went to heavy and then ended with a five song tribute to supergroups.  For some reason the whole subject of supergroups has been rattling around in my brain for the last few weeks.  I’m going to have to get them out of my head and post it up on ‘The [...]

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Soundcheck: Time Turns Elastic

July 11, 2009

Image by Getty Images via Daylife

As with many things in my life, I was late to the party when it came to Phish – both appreciating their music and seeing them in concert.  The only time I have been fortunate enough to see them live was towards the end of their return from their 2000 [...]

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Xavier’s Lair

July 11, 2009

Charlie Parker via last.fm

This post originally appeared on my music column ‘The Crossroads’ over Dad-Blogs.com on June 26, 2009

Shortly after college I started to develop an appreciation for Jazz, the artists that laid the foundation for the art and those that continue to carry the torch.  Around the same time I had dreams of owning [...]

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Rehashes, Rebirths and Reinvention

July 11, 2009

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This post originally appeared on my music column ‘The Crossroads’ over at Dad-Blogs.com on June 3, 2009.
Today at ‘The Crossroads’ we’re taking you on a quick trip around some new music that has recently been released.  I’m previewing five new albums (make sure you click the links) for you and [...]

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