Peter Fucking Gabriel
I was in middle school when Peter Gabriel’s “Shock the Monkey” was a hit. I remember recording it off of the radio from Q94, the top 40 radio station in Cresson, PA. That would have been sometime around 1982 or 1983. For me Peter Gabriel was just another guy who had a...
New Music for 2020
I’m three weeks into February before realizing that I haven’t been writing as much. Well, that’s because I’ve been spending a lot more time on new music, which is definitely a good thing. I’m putting together the first official Here Inside release since 2017, which is...
Open Up to the Creative Universe
I’ve read a shit ton of woo-woo over the past ten years. Some of it I buy, and some of it I don’t. If you’ve ever heard a phrase like “open yourself up to the creative universe” you know what I’m talking about. In the self-help world, this kind of language sells...
My 2019 Favorites
As I looked back at 2019 for the new music that really resonated with me, I realized the list was pretty short. Admittedly, I’m a creature of habit when it comes to music. I revisit a lot of music from the past and I have a lot of seasonal favorites. I’m also not as...
21st Century Rock
Top: Dance Gavin Dance| Bottom left: Pierce the Veil | Bottom right: PicturesqueI grew up on metal. I graduated from high school in 1989, right before a summer when Jane’s Addiction and The Cure disrupted my musical trajectory forever. But up to that point, my high...
My Social Media Debacle (Part 2)
(Originally posted at EraseTheFilter.com) In late summer 2019, I watched The Great Hack, a Netflix documentary about Cambridge Analytica, a big data mining and analysis company, and their involvement in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. My abridged takeaway is that...