You can probably tell I can be a bit verbose. Single tracks of music became enormous landscapes. Don’t know the band? No problem. I can spin a yarn a mile long about how I came upon the song, where I was when I found it and where I am while…

I’m not a chef. I’m not a cook. I’ve never worked in a restaurant. I’ve just barely done a year and a half in “food and bev”. None of this matters. I’ve worked my ass off for three different companies over 15 years, and it wasn’t until I really hit…

It’s difficult to read a friend’s work. There is an inherent bias at play, and in some sense (as long as this is a true FRIEND and not some FRIENEMY or acquaintance who you happen to have some common hobbies with) you are rooting for their work to be the…

A man obliges himself his routine. For years, a man can wake at the same time, take the same coffee, the same personal allowances for leisure, the same walk, even allow the same things to annoy him in a way that hampers him, but is acceptable simply because it is…

|| ((Spotify)) || ((Apple Music)) || ((YouTube)) || Metric — Just the Once Metric was never a band I would look into for a song that was “fun”. I always considered them one of those ‘smart’ indie bands, ones who were looking to make something that was closer to…

I’ve spent 20 hours in the compromising tunnel of space and here’s how I feel (so far). — Bethesda I love Fallout 3. I love Skyrim. And when I look at those two bright and stunning entries on Bethesda’s resume, a vein of nostalgia glows in me like unmined mineral, tracing from my brain to my fingers and then to my dorky, gaming heart. There’s a love there for…

One thing that’s great about the timing of this read is that it took place in the NHL offseason. All of the big free agency deals got done on the first of the month, Bedard was drafted and most of the major pieces were moved, so we are truly in…

I can’t remember the exact quote anymore because it was 20 years ago, but something that a friend said to me once about the things I was writing at the time went something like this: “I think you can work on letting things breathe a little bit more. It always…

|| ((Spotify)) || ((Apple Music)) || ((YouTube)) || Nyck Caution — JET-LAGGED What a cool song, man. Brings me back to what I loved about Kanye West’s original work with that classic sample looped forever and the smooth hip-hop flow centered on top of it. As ever, a big…