Mar 08 2009
I’d recently made a sort of informal vow to do one substantive post each week and I’d managed to stick to that for about three weeks… until now. So, in lieu of that, I’ll just post a page from my sketchbook–something I’ve not done in a while. As usual, I’m still drawing a lot of …
Mar 01 2009
A while back I resolved to do no more link blogging, thinking that–even if it meant only one “real” post a week–it’d be better to not pepper my blog with commentary on random things on the ‘net that likely many, many other folks have noted long before I. However, in this case, I’ll break that …
Mar 01 2009
Well, for the second of my “Rock of (Bygone) Ages” posts, I decided to switch gears as much as possible–so, here goes: The Spice Girls at Blockbuster Pavilion ’98. I don’t know that I really liked The Spice Girls; I think I was, though, fascinated by The Spice Girls. For one thing, they were in …
Feb 27 2009
He died yesterday, it was reported, after having a heart attack. He was, I believe, 53. I’m not sure how well known the band Pylon was outside of the Southeast in the 80s, but I remember having to order a cassette (!) of their record, Gyrate, from the local “Record Bar” after seeing the documentary …
Feb 24 2009
I was rooting around today in the storage cabinets in my studio, looking for a good place to stash (or stuff) the bundled mess of receipts and invoices that pass for my 2008 tax records, and I discovered a long-forgotten envelope of old concert tickets. I’d forgotten I still had these, and they’re an odd …
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