Tag Archives: I’m too old for this shit

The Undertow

Posted on April 13, 2013 by

One of my favorite comics of recent years is Criminal, by Ed Brubaker and an artist whose name doesn’t leap to mind.  It’s boiled down from the paperback crime novels of the Forties thru the Seventies; if you’ve ever made … Continue reading →

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The Competitor

Posted on December 3, 2012 by

Came home from band practice Tuesday night, all excited.  Our drummer couldn’t make it; so rather than slave over the ‘originals’ we worked up some covers.  I got to sing one; if I’d figured out my guitar solo better at … Continue reading →

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Adventure!

Posted on November 24, 2012 by

When was the last time you left a movie theater humming a tune written specifically for that movie?  I can’t remember offhand; my guess is probably Ghostbusters.  Maybe Fletch Lives.  There’s always Tarantino films, but he not only licenses catchy songs, … Continue reading →

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Highlandtown: Journey to the Center of the Mind

Posted on August 19, 2012 by

Returned home not two hours’ time ago from the Bob Cummings Block Party in Highlandtown. Like Frank Drebin sez, “…that fondue party was real mind-bender.  It was a stone soul gas, man.” This is the second such Bob Cummings Block … Continue reading →

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I Don’t Envy You At All, Brah

Posted on August 16, 2012 by

So we roll into the OC on Friday.  We meet my in-laws and go to dinner on the Bay side of First Street, at De Lazy Lizard Bar and Grill.  It seems to be a new place in Ocean City, … Continue reading →

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Hello, Highlandtown!

Posted on August 15, 2012 by

So I’ve finally got the deets on my Highlandtown gig this Saturday.  I’m playing after 7.  Last year, I was ‘the only guy they could get,’ so I went on absurdly early.  But hey, that was the first ‘outdoor’ gig … Continue reading →

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Points of Origin; the Wind That Shakes The Stars

Posted on June 11, 2012 by

So this Wednesday, I’m going to see my old bandmate, Dan Sartain, at the Black Cat in Warshington, D.C.  I even bought a ticket thru the compooper roughly a month ago.  Hey, I’m married with kids.  There’s none of this, … Continue reading →

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That Could Be Me — That Was Me — I’ve Got A Life, Right?

Posted on April 8, 2012 by

A few weeks back I wrote a brief, mildly respectful bit about a teammate of mine from my girlie school’s rugby team.  I won’t lie to you; the contemplation of mortality has gotten to me a little bit. Up until … Continue reading →

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Rockie Bee’s Raves: Shunt McGuppin and the Superego Podcast

Posted on January 10, 2012 by

I had two terrible on-the-job accidents this past summer.  First, a table saw grabbed ahold of some lumber I’d  been cutting and lacerated one of my fingers, effectively ending a long-withering career of the troubadourical nature.*  Second, and more seriously, … Continue reading →

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The Carl Perkins Chronosyncroinfinidibulum

Posted on January 5, 2012 by

So I’m doing my evening blog reading last night, and I look up one of those music-sharing blogs, a rockabilly music one.  There’s nothing so depressing as a rockabilly music-sharing blog; they come in many flavors.  Many of them just … Continue reading →

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