My Body Is A Cage - Arcade Fire - 2007
on Apr 24, 2009 in 365 songs The hardest thing to do is start typing.  There’s all this defeat in silence and procrastination.  And our ambitions hold us up so high.  It’s just that life gets in the way every single day.  If it weren’t for the reality of th...

Be The Boss - Phantom Buffalo - 2009
on Apr 13, 2009 in 365 songs There are all these different ways to approach the same idea. And usually the simplest idea is the best. But experimentation is always the key to any progress. But I always end up coming back to the same idea. Consistency is really the key to a l...

One Man Band - Mexican Kids At Home - 2009
on Apr 7, 2009 in 365 songs 2009 April My friend, Mark, that I was in several bands with is one of the most interesting characters I have ever known.  But I hate to use a forum like this to tell Mark Pringle anecdotes.  There are so many of them.  But for the love of God, I wish I knew...

Hiatus Over!
on Apr 6, 2009 in Why I am doing this and how to use the blog. 2009 April The only way I am going to end this absence from writing is to commit myself to an entry.  So April 7 will begin my daily writing again. It’s funny how this whole thing works.  Blogging every day leads to a lot of words and ideas that can lea...

I Don’t Know - Ozzy Osbourne - 1981
on Mar 25, 2009 in 365 songs 2009 March Yes.  I’m going to write about Ozzy now. Three different people that found me on Facebook have said that one of the things that stands out in their memory of me 25 years ago was Ozzy Osbourne.  I was apparently an Ozzy freak when I was 11. ...

The Mother Of All Funk Chords - Kutiman - 2009
on Mar 23, 2009 in 365 songs One of the times I read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance , I was living in Boston and coming to terms with the idea that there are so many people trying to be heard.  There are so many voices in this world.  So many needs.  I became very...

Born At The Right Time - Paul Simon - 1990
on Mar 22, 2009 in 365 songs 2009 March Getting back into writing after everything that has happened in the last two weeks has been ridiculous.  Where do I pick up?  What do I say about how profound everything has been?  Or do I just ignore it all and write as if nothing has happened? ...

Have You Ever Died - Benjamin Wesley - 2009
on Mar 12, 2009 in 365 songs I discovered this song a few weeks ago through some forgotten array of connections of music that I happened to be searching.  And this may seem like a strange song to have attached as a soundtrack to the birth of my second  child, but it only seems...

on Mar 7, 2009 in 365 songs In 1990, I became enraged with the lies leading up to the Gulf War.  I was pretty isolated in my existence as a music student at Berklee.  We didn’t own a television, so I didn’t follow current events at all.  But the Gulf War was impo...

Television The Drug Of The Nation - Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy - 1992
on Mar 7, 2009 in 365 songs 2009 March In 1990, I became enraged with the lies leading up to the Gulf War.  I was pretty isolated in my existence as a music student at Berklee.  We didn’t own a television, so I didn’t follow current events at all.  But the Gulf War was impo...