Favorite Live Videos #2
Regardless of how I feel about a band's music, if they own it live, I respect them. This performance of "Silverfuck" by The Smashing Pumpkins in 1994 is a fantastic example of a band owning it live. I just so happen to also love the Pumpkins and had seen them play at...
Favorite Live Videos #1
I found London Grammar through one of those "if you like this, you'll probably like that" algorithms on the Internet. It was probably Spotify. I immediately fell in love with the power that this band conveys through simple arrangements of dreamy pop music and the...
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...