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 [...]

The Futility of the Inward Hat-Trick

My membership in a small handful of Houston bands has been an ongoing love/hate relationship for many years now. I would say it’s debatable that I’ve done anything of worth — well, at all really, but for the sake of argument — in anything more than two bands: The Mike Gunn, and Project Grimm. [...]

Song Sung Blue

My right ear drum is a god damn wasteland. I blame a lot of it on Killdozer. I blame it on Killdozer, but that comes with a caveat. Basically, the caveat centers around my being a total and unrelenting asshole idiot. When I was standing in Emo’s Houston watching Killdozer play so fucking loud [...]

Dancing is Fun, the Past is Fun, live Music is Fun

A tiny liberal arts college, in the middle of nowhere in a dry county, in Texas, in the late 80s… a radio turns on and Depeche Mode can be heard, as well as some Human League and a bit of The Cure.

Walking into the pub, long hairs start appearing. Shirts are untucked [...]

Good Morning Coffee, Let’s Write a Rambling Blog!

Well it’s been a slow week after the craziness that was last weekend. We had the Wols show and Texas Gone Garage. Personally I think Wols was the best live show I’d seen all year; in fact, so good that I knew that the Sunday night Texas Gone Garage would be, no matter how [...]

Don Gone and Sybil-less

I was in Rusted Shut for one night.

It was destined to be the night from hell, but with a little improvising, things ended up working out ok after all.

The Mike Gunn was heading to Austin to play a show at the Ritz with Rusted Shut and a handful of no-name Austin hardcore [...]