This post originally appeared on my music column ‘The Crossroads’ over at Dad-Blogs.com on September 16, 2009 While I’m no Debating Dad, I thought it was about time I stir up some controversy of my own. Recently, I was having a conversation with a friend about our favorite guitarists and the discussion of some of [...]
Blipshow #3 Playlist
July 16, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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 [...]
Soundcheck: Time Turns Elastic
July 11, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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 [...]
Xavier’s Lair
July 11, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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 [...]
Rehashes, Rebirths and Reinvention
July 11, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Image by Getty Images via Daylife 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 [...]
Blipshow #2 Playlist
July 9, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Tonight’s Blipshow had a very bluesy feel and my thanks to everyone that participated. I hope that there will be a bunch more requests next week. You ask for it, I’ll play it (assuming Blip.fm can find it) – other than that no rules, no exceptions. You can find The Crossroads Blipshow by searching the [...]
Name Your Guilty Pleasure
July 5, 2009 By 3 Comments
This post was originally appeared on my music column ‘The Crossroads’ over at Dad-Blogs.com on June 2, 2009. You know you have one. Somewhere, deep down it haunts you, invades your soul. You don’t want anyone to know your dirty little secret. Suppressing it only works for so long until you can’t help but let [...]
Five Questions: Podcasts
July 5, 2009 By Leave a Comment
This post originally appeared on my music column ‘The Crossroads’ over at Dad-Blogs.com on May 30, 2009. This is the first article in a series I’m calling ‘Five Questions’ where I conduct interviews on topics related to music. The first installment is all about podcasts and I hope you enjoy it. If you have any [...]
Never Trust a Woman Who Loves the Blues
July 5, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Image via Wikipedia This post originally appeared on my music column ‘The Crossroads’ over at Dad-Blogs.com on May 18, 2009. Or so says Ben Harper on the track ‘Lay There & Hate Me’ on his newest release ‘White Lies for Dark Times’. While I may not necessarily agree with Mr. Harper on this particular thesis, [...]
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