Category: Music

I Usually Blog on Sundays »

but I’m pretty busy with other things. I’ve got a new freelance client that I’m off to a good start with, but there’s more to be done this week. I also have a few things in the works with the SJ-R. So who has time for blogging? Except to say:
We’ve started to Wii
I hooked up [...]

I Only Blog on Sunday, it Seems »

Truth in Avettising
Victor and I were tackling a fairly difficult, 300-piece jigsaw puzzle last night. We had the Avett Brothers playing on iTunes and one of us was enjoying a pale ale. The conversation had hit a lull and we both found ourselves engrossed in the challenge when the song Paronia in B Major cued [...]

Sunday, Return to Blogging »

Time, in New England
My Sunday AM column this month delves into sappiness. My family spent two weeks in New England while I languished at home. Feelings of profound forlornness were experienced. Reports of actual tears are unconfirmed at this time.

There seems to be some doubt to the entire story’s veracity. I can assure you that [...]

Local Blogger Likes Music, Apparently »

Only a Memory
On Saturday night, our whirlwind tour of concert going took us to Decatur, home of ADM and soybeans, and, for one night only, the Smithereens. It was definitely worth the smell as the band played rocking versions of all of their college radio hits, save for House We Used to Live In*, much [...]

Whigging Out »

We went to see the Whigs and the Toadies at the Pageant in St. Louis last night. We really went to see the Whigs; the Toadies just happened to be headlining. Rather than a review of the show, I thought I’d just throw out a few observations.
What a great place
The Pageant is a wonderful place [...]