Reaching for the microphone at the Solid Sound Festival on Saturday night, the band Wilco’s increasingly iconic frontman Jeff Tweedy only had two words for the audience. “Such devotion,” he said, to a rise of cheers and hollers from fans. Indeed, more than 6,100 festival goers converged at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary … Continue reading Thanks for Stopping By, Wilco.
Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For.
As a thirty-something woman, I've come to appreciate several things I either took for granted or simply hated in my younger years. I don't dislike my crooked nose nearly as much as I used to, for instance. I know my vices and can sometimes even avoid them. I know what I'm good at professionally, I … Continue reading Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For.
Read me, Seymour
Some of my latest scribblings: An Obsession to Win: The Compuslive Gambler's Perspective for Mass. Compulsive Gambling Considering the Casino Debate in Massachusetts for Mass. Compulsive Gambling Social Newspapers: This Ain't Your Mama's Newsprint for The Wonderwall
30-day Song Challenge: Day 4- Favorite Guitar Riff
I've been marinating on this prompt for a week now - and yes, Joe, I know I was supposed to do this exercise in 30 consecutive days, but it's been a tough May so far. Busy at work, fighting some digestive issues, failing to say 'no' when people ask me to dog-sit, and this whole … Continue reading 30-day Song Challenge: Day 4- Favorite Guitar Riff
30-day Song Challenge, Day 3 – Favorite male vocal
Call me the anti-feminist, but I've always been partial to male singer-songwriters over women. This may be because I like the music tortured souls churn out, and the songs male songwriters create, for the most part, are more successful at ripping out my proverbial heart. Many female songstresses, on the other hand, prefer to kill … Continue reading 30-day Song Challenge, Day 3 – Favorite male vocal
