Online shopping is convenient, but I’m really going to miss stores.
Deep Cuts: Store Songs
Deep Cuts: Whiskey Songs
Are you surprised that there are so many rock and roll whiskey songs?
Deep Cuts: Songs For Villains
Every story needs a villain.
Deep Cuts: Mustang Songs
I never bought my dream vintage Mustang, but when Ford introduced the retro body style in 2005 I couldn’t wait to buy one.
From the Stacks: Vee-Jay Records
I think this is the first “From the Stacks” piece I’ve written that isn’t about a specific record. I don’t really care about “Does Your Heart Beat For Me” by Russ Morgan […]
Deep Cuts: Longshot Songs For Broke Players
If we’re lucky, we all go through some rough times when we first get out on our own. Wait, lucky? What the hell does he mean “lucky,” and why is he speaking […]
Deep Cuts: 8 Songs About Whiskey
You are reading this in the future. Are you wearing a silver robe? Do you still have a name, or just a bar code? I guess you aren’t reading this in the […]
Deep Cuts: Rich Songs
Okay, here’s the deal: This playlist was put together as a companion for a piece that I canceled. I’m sure the backbone of that particular story will make its way into some […]
Deep Cuts: Too Much Talking
Marlene wasn’t the first jabber-jaw whose inane rambling caused me anxiety, and she certainly wasn’t the last. You work with these people, too, and even if you don’t you hear them prattling […]
Deep Cuts: Top Ten Songs from Nic Cage Movies
Nicolas Cage’s career is a beautiful car wreck. It started off fast and wild, careening from weird to weirder. No matter how bad some of those early movies were he was always […]
Why It Matters 