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Dog Tags & Log Books: A Memorial to my Great Uncle George
I hadn’t initially planned to share this for a bit, but I was struck with the feeling that, tomorrow being Memorial day, it was the appropriate time to tell my Uncle’s story. One question I’m asked very frequently – often by complete strangers, sometimes in an accusatory tone – is, “whose dog tag?” This question [...]
Top 20 Albums: Tom Waits – Rain Dogs
Sometimes an album catches you at exactly the right moment. If you were to hear it on any other day, in any other situation, you might not care for it, but given the proper set of circumstances, it can become one of your all-time favorite albums. “Rain Dogs” by Tom Waits is a perfect example [...]
On Motorcycle Safety, and being “None of the Above”
So I’m now 11 days away from spending a month on the road on my beloved Condor A350 motorycle - my first tour that I’ll be undertaking entirely on two wheels. I’ll be playing more than 20 shows, covering most of the US east of the Mississippi, ranging from Chicago to Baltimore to Tampa to New [...]
More Mind of McFarland: Another week of stupid thoughts.
Here it is: Another week’s worth of my random thoughts about Star Wars, The Hunger Games, asparagus pee, viscachas and their wisdom, songwriting, and grammar nazism. Enjoy!
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Top 20 Albums: Third Eye Blind – Self-Titled
I had a lot of fun a few months back putting together my “best albums of 2011” roundup, and in the process of writing that I came to a realization. I’d never be a good music critic, because apart from an occasional snark-fest (usually surrounding award ceremonies, or discussions of Adele) I don’t particularly enjoy [...]
My – and possibly nobody else’s! – favorite albums of 2011.
So I’ve read through a lot of “best of 2011″ roundups in various magazines, online and in print. Whenever I read through lists like that, I find myself questioning my taste in music, as rarely do any of my favorites find their way onto these lists. This year I decided to contribute my two cents [...]
I like – and write – pop music. And I’m not ashamed to admit it.
I originally posted this as a facebook status, but as I added additional commentary it started to sound like a blog post, so I thought I’d turn it into one! Reading through end-of-year music roundups, it’s amazing the amount of pretension and “if it’s on mainstream radio, it must be bad!” present, especially in the [...]
Backwards Writing and Bottle Rockets
Yesterday I released a music video for my song Bottle Rocket. I thought about explaining the shooting of the video & what we did on July 3, 2011, but I think the video itself covers that well enough, so instead I decided to write about where the song and video came from, and why the [...]
Brazil trip day 3: The big day… and night!
What a day, what a night, what a morning! I was up yesterday around 7:30 – hair and makeup were scheduled to be at Marnie’s apartment by 8:00, but were (no surprise!) late. I had offered to be photographer for all the festivities, so once I had downloaded all the pictures from the memory card of [...]
Black Lab (the band, not the dog), small words with large impacts, and forgotten influences.
I’m sitting in the Charlotte airport right now, waiting to get on a flight to Miami. From Miami I’ll be continuing on to Manaus, Brazil, for lovely sister Marnie’s wedding. I was informed that, since my itinerary was an international one, I should arrive 3 hours early. I made it through check-in and security in [...]