Get in the parade, again
When you checked off a bucket list item before even knowing what that was When I was in middle school, my band director gave us all some life advice that’s stuck with me ever since. Sometimes it’s stuck like a …
The abyss and you
Yes, hello. I am here to scream into the abyss.
Sorry ma’am, abyss is closed for maintenance.
Band Music Friday: Holst’s First Suite
Today’s Band Music Friday is courtesy of our composer friend Gustav Holst. You may know him as the composer of such bangers as The Planets, but true band geeks know him as “the orchestral composer who respected and loved writing for wind band and so he did.” My dude knew quality.
Still Laughing at Chaos
I have no clue how this is gonna shake out over time, but the roadtrip of life is a lot more fun with someone riding shotgun.
I want my word back
When I started this here blog, way back in The Year of Our WTF 2006, it had a different name. It worked until I was tired of seeing the word never in the title. Too negative, it wore on me, …
Don’t let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya
Usually on New Year’s Eve Day I’m nostalgic for the year about to end, remembering the good days and hoping I’d done right by my time on the earth. Not yesterday. Much like 2011, 2023 can fuck right off and …
Another year, another word…or three
A Word of the Year is a linguistic longterm relationship. Choose wisely.