Love Songs

Is anyone else deathly tired of love songs? I don't mean songs that inspire love, I mean those sickeningly sweet songs written about how much someone loves someone else, that are meant to pull at those particular heartstrings. I love Eric Clapton, that should come as no surprise to most of you, but if I...

Chasing Tone

If you talk to people who produce music, there's this whole culture obsessed with tone. As a guitarist, and as someone interested in the recording and production process, I seem to sit in the midst of two of the most heavily tone obsessed groups out there. These are the people who cling to, admittedly, archaic...

State of the B – August 2010

I figured, since I've been gone so long, that I should probably post an update on a bunch of things. Far From There will be going on a 3 year hiatus while Jeff goes off to grad school. We may play shows when he's back in town from time to time, though. Jeff is going...

The Blogenning v3.0

So I have been stirred from my traditional languor by a bunch of assholes my friends in the Blogenning to attempt version 3.0 of this agreement. For those of you reading this blog for the first time, I suppose a little history is in order. The Blogenning was originally an agreement made by my friend...

On Photographs and Stories

This weekend I was faced with a question that I've been up against many times before. You see, my friend Travis wanted a group of us to get together and go have a nice picnic somewhere and enjoy the nice weather. As with most things involving Travis, this meant that having cameras around were a...

Putting Your Best Foot Forward and Happy Accidents

Have I mentioned how important it is to put your best foot forward in everything you do? Maybe I have and maybe I haven't, but in either case let me say it now. It is really important to put your best foot forward in everything you do. Historically I've not always been good at this....

A Boston Proposal and Force Fed Lies

My weekends, though often useful and interesting to me, rarely seem to yield something to talk about up here. I'm delighted, with that in mind, that a couple of really fun things happened this weekend that I can talk about. I'm further delighted to say I was there with camera in hand so I can...

Little Saint Nick

Not many people know that I am named after St. Nicholas. This is what my mother used to tell me come Christmas, anyway, but in the past several years I've not had much occasion to think about it. In this time of contemplation (which I covered in a previous post) it randomly popped in to...

I Think Jay Lake Just Called Me a Larva

I am reminded, suddenly, as my brain decides to come awake to the world in general, that I get to join some of my lovely fellow NaNoBoston warriors tonight for a bit of writing. The Novel, you see, has been calling to me again as of late. It wants to feel me lovingly caress it...

New Year’s Reminiscences and Ruminations

Over at Time with Tom, which I lovingly refer to as Twit, Tom has a post up with his thoughts on New Year's Resolutions. In honor of that, I'm stealing his idea and writing my own in an effort to carry on the conversation. All in all I agree with Tom's sentiments. (Yes, I know,...