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. …

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. …

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. …

An aftershock from a celebration I missed — When The Police broke up in 1984, I was 10 years old. I missed the party. But even though the party wasn’t still kicking, I still tried to attend. When I found a cassette of “Synchronicity” a few years later in my brother’s room, I stole it and wore that…

Woohoooo! — I’m not interested in fighting any of you super duper Blur fans out there. I can feel your love for this group and I understand. I’m not trying to boil this group down to one song and bring out the soccer hooligan inside of you. …

Hard line hard line after hard line — Rage Against the Machine’s debut album dropped in the early 90s and at first, it was hard to place. It wasn’t really “grunge” nor was it purely “rap-rock.” I guess the closest frame of reference I had at the time was Anthrax. But Anthrax was kind of goofy, and Rage…

Prepare for immediate dust off — At the end of Talladega Nights is a gag reel of fake commercials. In one of them Ricky Bobby holds up a pack of gum and says, “If you don’t chew Big Red, then f@#k you.” …

This thing was on — The wave of “Emo” music that began to dominate the airwaves in the late 90s wasn’t really for me. As I was heading closer to being 30 years old I found it tricky to latch onto a slew of neo-punks colorfully shouting, “Life sucks, let’s rock!” And eventually, this pervasive…

Game night just got weird — When we all sat down for the dinner portion of the evening I noticed a big bowl of fruit on the table. And that’s when it hit me. Our Game Night crew was slated to play Cards Against Humanity yet again. Maybe we could try something different. “It’s simple”, I…