The 2010’s are almost over?!? What a decade for music…right? I think? I’m not sure music itself has gotten any better or worse. Pop music is terrible and popular rock music hardly has a pulse anymore (save us, Greta Van Fleet!). I continue to say music is better than it’s ever been, you just have […]
Friday, July 11, 2014. A day that will live forever in my mind as one of the best of my life. Honestly, I had to look up the date in Apple Photo. I didn’t remember the exact date, but I certainly remember the events. It was my first trip to Seattle to visit my brother, […]
I’m quite proud of the record collection I’ve amassed. I have a subscription to Apple Music and I love it. As I’m typing this I have my headphones on and I’m enjoying a new Kehlani album I likely would’ve never heard if I had to pay $9.99 for it. A lot of my music listening […]
My buddy Tyson texted me tonight. He sent me a list from Vinyl Me, Please of “The 10 Best Albums for a Jazz Beginner” and it was interesting. I love Vinyl Me, Please. It’s a perfect subscription record club and blog site for a vinyl head/music nerd like me. Like any good list, this one […]
I spent last weekend in Seattle with my brother, Andy, while he recovered from surgery to remove a tumor from his back. We did make it to a couple of my Seattle-trip staples like Easy Street Records and Ebbets Field Flannels, but most of the trip was spent in his apartment. If you saw the […]
I originally posted this on the site three months ago, but I did some house cleaning on the blog and had to re-post it. Please excuse any dated references. I distinctly remember sending my brother an e-mail about Donald Glover many years ago saying, “To me, this guy is the genius that everyone claims Kanye […]
I originally posted this on the site a few months ago when the Queen of Soul passed, but I did some house cleaning on the blog and had to re-post it. Please excuse any dated references. R.I.P. Aretha Franklin. A few weeks ago I wrote that Tariq Trotter (a.k.a. Black Thought) is the GOAT MC. […]
