It’s a Tyrannosaurus Wreck! — Apparently, we have a “dinosaur problem.” Kids all over our neighborhood, my daughter included, have taken to acting like Prehistoric creatures, and it’s causing a panic up and down the block. Most of us didn’t consider it that big a deal. But once his boys started acting like “crazy goddamn…

For Very Old People Like Me — It happens all the time. An aging late 40 something rocker decides they’re gonna go check out that brand new band all “the kids” keep raving about. Once inside the club the wizened music fan finds himself (or herself for that matter) standing up against the back wall all alone…

I’m a steering wheel drummer. I’m one of the best in the business. If you pull up next to me at a stoplight you will see me working the wheel. You then have two choices, you can stare in horror or flash me some horns, it’s up to you. But…

No judgments, just truth — Through five seasons of coaching 6U soccer, I haven’t won a single game. You can’t because they don’t keep score. You can, however, still have a successful season, and much of that hinges on after-game snacks. Let’s break down the choices…

Holy C*%k Ballz — Even Taylor Swift is starting to say, “You know what? F*$k it.” Gone are the days when young pop stars would work around profanity or find a clever way to say something without saying it. Britney‘s “If You Seek Amy” is a thing of the past. Mainstream music has gone…

Exonerate me — There is only one bathroom at my local coffeeshop. It’s uni-sex and serves one customer at a time. Yesterday I walked into this bathroom and quickly realized something was wrong. An odor punched me in the nose and I began to gag. A previous occupant had dropped a dirty bomb…

A General Admission Dilemma — The doors to the venue opened three hours ago. All the people who wanted to be up near the stage had showed up at that time, if not earlier. That space belongs to them. They sat there for an hour while nothing happened. They cheered on the opening bands while…

Bands I love, Songs I’ve Never Heard Live — U2 “Bullet the Blue Sky” U2 has put on two of the best concerts I’ve ever seen. They’re so good live it’s almost ridiculous. But alas, I’ve never caught this 4th track off the “Joshua Tree.” The bootleg versions I’ve heard make me wish I had. Pearl Jam “Smile” Pearl Jam is known to play a vastly different…

There’s a handful of Pavement albums I could point to, but “Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain” (1994) was my outright favorite. I still listen to it to this day, and I love it. In the 90s, this group caused division amongst my music-loving friends. It was even worse amongst the folks…