I’m a sucker for a good story, which is probably why I keep stumbling across this video and also relating the story myself. However, this time around, something else stuck out to me. Hearing Herbie Hancock tell that story never […]
Tag: music
The Friday Five – July 2, 2021
Needless to say, I’m still getting into the swing of living in a different place for the first time in almost seventeen years and doing it out of a suitcase. Not that it’s some kind of unbearable hardship (because it’s […]
Listening With Larnell
In a world where a person can fire up their internet machine and within a few moments be watching people play video games, eat, buy homes, do needlepoint, and any number of other things, it’s not a stretch to watch […]
The Friday Five – February 12, 2021
The Friday Five is a semi-regular thing where I share some things that I’ve been digging recently in the hopes that someone else will dig them too. #1 – Binging With Babish – Four Horsemeals of the Eggporkalypse Yes, I […]
Just Listen
“This is going to sound very strange, but I’m a strange person, so… it’s par for the course.” I could listen to Henry Rollins talk about music, his love for vinyl, old road stories, and just about anything else that […]
Keep It Simple(r) Stupid!
I feel like I’m always in this battle with myself between simplicity and complexity. And, much like what we know about battles, it can get confusing really quickly. Doing a bunch of simple things is great until they start getting […]
On Making Expensive Mistakes
I say this often enough to bore people, but it’s true. You can learn something from anybody. Even if it’s only what not to do. In fact, I think the “what not to do” lessons are the most valuable because […]
The Sound Of Silence
I hadn’t planned to take a two week break from blogging to start 2021, but here we are. It’d be nice to say it was some sort of social media cleanse – because that sounds like a rather trendy, yet […]
A Blue Word Wednesday
Part of the reason I enjoy Word Wednesday is that it gives me a good excuse to go back through dusty old digital folders looking for something to post. Sometimes, that’s all I find. Other times, it’s like opening a […]
Where’d You Go?
Apologies to my thousands of readers for my absence over the last week or so. Allow me to explain. Or perhaps I should follow the advice of the great philosopher Inigo Montoya and just sum up? I spent most of […]