Bike to Work Week: Wednesday Morning

I almost got killed this morning (how’s that for dramatic tension?).
I was caught off-guard with a mind wandering…this time trying to figure out which was worse for Al Green’s career: the recent Corinne Rae Bailey and John Legend duets or his cameo in that what-the-hell-were-they-thinking Lance Bass romantic comedy vehicle, “On The Line” (2001).
I had just [...]

Bike to Work Week: Monday-Tuesday

Since life doesn’t pose enough challenges for me, I’ve decided to pose a few of my own.
When I’m not commenting on the Vore’s blog (which I’ve unsuccessfully lobbied to have them change the title to “Voretext”…no one appreciates me), I also hold down a full time job 7.4 miles away. Apropos of nothing (or if you think [...]

Eef & Us

The band I’m in, Lion v. Fish, is opening for Eef Barzelay this Thursday at the Cafe Montmartre just off Capitol Square at 9pm. Eef is the brainfather of Clem Snide, a group that put out a bunch of great indie alt-country soul-tinged records with wry sensibility in the last 10 years. His latest record is [...]

I Was Once A Bartender–Part 3

I once was a bartender, but then I was fired. And here’s how it happened, my anxious 3 readers.

Uplifted by Dale Carnegie’s rickety advice, I walked into the buzzsaw that was my remaining bartending career.  I used people’s names so much it creeped me out. I asked how everyone was doing. They tended to be [...]

I Was Once A Bartender–Part 2

I once was a bartender, but then I was fired. I swear I’m getting to it.

The first time they attempted to fire me came in the form of a phone call. I was called by the nervously-new bar manager.  The bar manager fashioned himself a tragically failed academic (there’s a dustbinned Ph.D. thesis on herbs [...]

I Was Once A Bartender–Part 1

I once was a bartender, but then I was fired.
Not a terrible loss. I’ve been doing well at Darth Vader corporation (DV) and I’ve begun freelancing live music reviews for the local weekly.
But like any rejection, great and small, from the nervously proffered marriage proposal to the lazily submitted credit card application, it still stings.
Nonetheless, [...]

Concert Reviews–The Walkmen, White Rabbits, Ra Ra Riot, The Virgins, National Beekeepers’ Society, Basia Bulat, Pale Young Gentlemen

In addition to starting a blog, I’ve begun writing concert reviews for Madison’s Isthmus under a new whacky pseudonym.
I’ll pay you a dollar if you leave an agreeable comment.
Here they are:

The Walkmen (yay), White Rabbits (yay): A tour for an album that hasn’t been released comes with risk…

Ra Ra Riot (yay), The Virgins (nay), National [...]