At a conference this past spring, I sat in on a panel with John Grubber and Merlin Mann, where they were supposed to talk about “Turbocharging Your Blog”. What they presented was actually an offshoot of the title that didn’t really have anything specifically to do with blogging. They talked about finding your passion and [...]
When I first first heard this song over a year ago, I was struck at how it has an amazing melody… slow and penetrating with a voice that doesn’t let you stop listening. And lately as I’ve listened, the lyrics have slowly begun to pierce me and I really couldn’t figure out why, until I [...]
Robert Earl Keen originally wrote and performed this song, but this morning I heard Chris Knight’s version coming out of my speakers on the way to work. A year and a half ago John Dickson put on a tribute to REK called “Undone” and I happened to pick up a copy of it but have [...]
So it’s been over a month and I’m just now getting around to writing about this show. I’ve run through about 3 different versions of what this blog could say about it and every single time it ends with me giving up because I can’t find the words. Words can’t explain what that night meant [...]
I heard this song heading out of Steamboat this past January and even after a weeks worth of music, it still stood out enough that everyone in the car commented on it. It has this vibe that will find you and everyone around you, swaying to the rhythm and tapping your feet as you start [...]
Occasionally I get asked various things about where I grew up and what kind of things I did as a kid that really got me into listening to music. I grew up in a small town in central Texas, called Groesbeck, that had a population of about 4,000 people and there really wasn’t much to [...]
Our trip out to LA was a fast and furious one! We left Houston Tuesday night around 8:00pm and finally settled in to our hotel, Hotel Celebrity, for a short nights sleep. Up at 8:00 we headed out to Venice Beach, an awesome lunch at Du-par’s and then back to Hollywood for a 1:00 tattoo [...]