Wait For Morning To Wake You

Unless you live under a rock, and I have it on good authority that in this bunch, I may actually be the most under-a-rock-living member, then you almost certainly know of the Band of Horses song: The Funeral. It’s catchy as fuck. Their main guy, Ben Bridwell, sings in that falsetto perfected by [...]

A Song For You

Really screwed the pooch this week. Apologies all around.

My week in music has consisted of a whole lot of the new R. Kelly song, When a Woman Loves. He kills it on that song. I realize the guy makes people feel uncomfortable what with his watersports affinities and all, but damn, this dude [...]

The Tome of Woe

Drew this at the second Karaoke bar of the night. Figured I’d include it because it simply screams KARAOKE!

People really love karaoke.

It’s taken me years to let that one sink in. People, regular people, people with little to no ability to sing in any way, shape, or form, love to go [...]

The Calling Card

Went to the Houston stalwart, Fitzgerald’s, Saturday night to catch my friend Trevi’s band, Venomous Maximus. They happened to be opening for Austin’s internationally know “heritage metal” band, The Sword.

I used to have a Sword album on CD a few years ago and it wasn’t too bad. After a while though it got [...]

Grimm With the Wind

Well, Project Grimm pulled off the reunion show. We played remarkably well, and with a high level of intensity. There was a good turnout. I got back in touch with people I haven’t seen or spoken with in years, and I had the pleasure of meeting at least one person I pretty much only [...]

Black and Bluefinger

Last week was a misstep. I am good at admitting those now. Still not so good at not making them. Perhaps the territory will change and I will become a cartographer. Perhaps not.

Last Thursday I saw the play, Bluefinger. It was my first Nodler/Catastrophic/IBP performance to date.

I think I chose well.

I [...]

The Chapel

Consider this an act of war.

Within these foundries takes place a great smelting to the rhythms of agonies. You may find that you have become perturbed to wallow within the confines of this trap. But you must remember that you have woven the trap yourself, and you must remember that you have stepped [...]

So Here We Are

Being the king of the super-personal posts means that when things go awry in your life, and things are rather awry in mine, then trying to write about anything else feels, uh, hollow.

Since I am the Mercygiver, I’ll spare you.

The following song is about as personal as it gets for me.

If [...]

Stones Turned

If you’re half as much of an internet dork as I am then you’ve no doubt already seen the following videos. Either way, I’d like to write a bit about them, if’n you don’t mind.

Let’s get to it.

For people like me (over 40), there is often a high probability that you are [...]

Got a Match?

I do not want to write about music. I do not want to write about music. I do not want to write about music.

The NAP is a blog devoted to writing about music.

Beyond that, there’s seven of us. Each of us write a post a week. We’re generally supposed to submit our [...]