An artist who goes by SwanBear shared this beautiful piece based on a lyric from Goodbye Planet Earth. Here’s the artist’s description: I’m very proud to present this piece that I drew for Ethan Staghorne for his music art book project! I was instructed to illustrate a lyrics quote, and chose a quote from a […]
2016 is going to be a year of failure. I embrace it. Something that annoys the hell out of me is my Fear of Failure. It’s the same fear that’s been there ever since grade school, like a zit that simply won’t go away. In fact, the world has given me a never-ending series of […]
“I’m just not happy because my life didn’t turn out the way I thought it would.” Hey, join the fucking club… I thought I’d be the starting center fielder for the Boston Red Sox. Life sucks; get a fucking helmet. Denis Leary, “No Cure For Cancer” Dreams are a dangerous thing. The longer I cling […]
A mostly-starving starship captain needs wealthy patrons to survive, and we were lucky enough to host a vinyl tycoon on his way back to earth. Yeah, you read that correctly, a vinyl tycoon. I don’t pretend to know what the music industry is doing, but I’ll be happy to take their money if they need […]
If you’ve ever been to one of my shows, you know I’ve got an after-party after each of them. In fact, you may have seen people wearing wristbands with my name on them for the rest of the convention. At Fur the ‘More this past weekend, there were plenty of you who pitched in to […]
There will always be people of limited vision telling us what’s impossible. I’ve planted my hopes and dreams in the fertile fields of sci-fi, fantasy, and music because they are, by definition, the realms of unfettered vision. The kinds of people who dream of the impossible seem to inspire those who shave off the “im”. […]
Having just arrived in the early 2000’s, Captain Ebel and his robot first officer, Prodo-1, have to scour the city of San Diego for the extinct species they came to find. However, they can’t very well land a starship in the middle of town, can they? This piece is one of the works that’ll be […]
“You’re not good enough.” I thought I’d shut that voice off years ago, back when podcasting was the shiny new thing that had to be explained to the parents. And yet I hear him now and again, whispering bitter nothings of discouragement at the most inopportune times. “You’re nothing special; there are a thousand musicians […]
I’ve played concerts all over the USA and there’s one constant that most touring musicians already know: People don’t know how to drive. Seattle drivers are maniacs, Boston drivers are assholes, Nashville drivers are NASCAR wanna-be’s, and Ohio drivers are most likely taking a power nap behind the wheel. Everywhere else, the drivers are an […]
We all do it. Something pisses us off and we need to tell the world- or at least our Twitter followers. The process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions is called catharsis and it’s a necessary mental function. Just like pooping is a necessary biological function. Bitching about something is […]
I’m not kidding, this is an email I just got yesterday morning. And it was via my contact form, so it had to be a human being sending this to me. I added emphasis just to point out how special-needs this person is… From: Dana Ariel <dana@thesalonoutlet.com> Subject: Sponsored Blog Post in the Beauty Vertical […]
The short version is this: Most reality TV shows, some news programs, even a few prime-time hits play all kinds of music… without paying a dime for it. After being played (and paid) by Breaking Bad, The Sopranos, Coke, and others, Whitey’s recent Facebook post has this response to yet another successful, profit-earning TV show […]
