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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Eye Alaska fans rejoice at the emergence of Roy English!
So as I mentioned in my last post, I’ll be using this as a platform not to just talk about my music, but to share my thoughts on media & pop culture of all sorts. So here I go! About four years ago, I had the honor of seeing a young band called Eye Alaska [...]