You might remember that I have a song about a particularly unpleasant experience with the police, and that TINO had the kindness to feature on it. The story behind writing "Anecdote" is right over here, on a previous blog…

Carolyn Shulman is currently from Colorado. She had a lot to say, which I strongly encourage, so we'll skip the preamble and get around to amplifying her voice after the picture.

Photo by Jessie Matteson

1.  Let's hear the elevator…

If your restaurant is called Mofongos, it would be reasonable to expect a Puerto Rican restaurant with mofongo prominently featured among the culinary offerings. This spot in North Hollywood fulfilled and surpassed both of those expectations on my recent…

To begin, I'd like to make it clear right up front that Audiomack is not sponsoring me in any way, and I am not being paid to talk about them. All of the experiences I am going to relay to…

What's your favorite music streaming service?  There are many to choose from.  The most popular ones are Amazon Music, Apple Music, Deezer, Napster, Pandora, Spotify, Tidal, and YouTube Music, depending on where you might be from.  There are dozens of…

I think today is a good day to tell you about my in-progress EP.  Let's pretend I'm a journalist and use the 5 W questions, shall we?

Photo by Joshua Chan

WHY?

I wrote a great deal of songs during…

The name of this restaurant describes exactly what they do and exactly what they are.  This is a cart with wheels, also known as a wagon.  They make and sell hamburgers.  That's it, that's the description.

Here is their website…

If you are on Twitter, you know that, like all social media tools, it can sometimes be useful and sometimes be awful.  If you are not on Twitter, you'll have to take my word on that. My new podcast is…

I found this to be an interesting year for music.  A few artists I listened to in my youth back in the 1990s put out new music this year.  This includes Candlebox, Matthew Sweet, Teenage Fanclub, Garbage, Sleater-Kinney, Liz Phair…

I enjoyed getting to learn more about some talented folks this year via these written interviews.  I hope you enjoyed them as well, and I hope you found some new music to enjoy.  Below the picture is a review of…

Dad's Album of the Week Month is back. This is the series where I briefly review my late father's vinyl.

Yes, it's been a few months since I ran one of these.  Clearly, I'm not cut out to review an…

We have a neighborhood event in Dayton called Porchfest. This event has a simple premise. Many homeowners in a pedestrian-friendly neighborhood offer their front porch (or their back yard) as a venue where an artist can perform. The performances…