NINE Playing background dinner music is one of the best places to people watch that I know of. It’s better than a bench in the mall, better than a county fair, better even than a cafe table on a busy street. When you’re on the piano you may stare all you want and no one [...] Continue Reading »
nine. Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters
2some heroes of the road
5Our upcoming adventure needs a model and some kind of basis. What we don’t want is to be living in a Walmart parking lot, our existence going down the gas tank, having become a family of bums who embarrassingly tote a flashy airstream up to McDonalds bathrooms. Sorry, a modern Kerouac is not the [...] Continue Reading »
the new truck saga part 2, a little about going on foot, and a bit of unfolding news
0Let me recap from the other night. On New Years Eve I went looking for a truck down the airport motor mile on the Alcoa Highway. After recent months of investigating, I knew exactly the truck I needed. When I walked onto about the third lot I saw it exactly. It was love. I turned [...] Continue Reading »
the secret mechanics of songwriting and 1988 ford rangers
1As a follow up to the post a couple days ago, the old Ford Ranger didn’t come home with me on Monday. Once before, a 1976 Datsun station wagon was a part of my life that caused deep reflection and heartbreak. I am wiser now, and my love of aged possessions I keep limited to [...] Continue Reading »
a keyboardist walks into a bar….
0I got into a heated argument last night concerning bringing a keyboard to a ten minute open mic slot. Management became involved for what I consider “keyboardist discrimination.” Anyway, I shouldn’t tell the full story here. But ask me to when you seen me. It reminds me of a similar instance of keyboard-hate that [...] Continue Reading »
A gallivant to the Grace Acres Depot
0by Levon who is listening to Ellie Holcomb, “Magnolia” We’re back at Grace Acres Farm for a bit. An overnight Megabus got us here, very uneventful and efficient compared to Greyhound fiascos we have found ourselves upon. The only excitement was a guy yelling to his son, naming all the monuments and giving everyone a [...] Continue Reading »
i’d like to say a lot about nothing and a little (but a lot) about Ashley
6Tomorrow is kind of a big day for us, our seven year anniversary. We’ve been talking about what we’re going to do for a while and it’s looking like we’re going to build a couch. Ashley has some concepts, all of them minimalist, and she feels I am qualified to make the cuts and assemble [...] Continue Reading »
welcome and thank you for choosing greyhound
41:42AM I stirred from a type of sleep as the bus began rounding street corners and the windows filled with downtown Cincinatti. My head was laying in my backpack, off to the side in the flat space beside the restroom door. My nose was dead to the scent of stale piss. Fruity body spray and [...] Continue Reading »