My original plan wasn’t to review these two albums together, but when the synergy hit me I couldn’t pass it up. Nirvana & Mike Doughty somehow managed to intertwine themselves with my musical DNA years ago and haven’t ever let go. Nevermind was my first favorite album and the one that pretty much made me who…
A Wiki Edit That Makes Me Sad
This isn’t the kind of time travel I like 🙁 Benji Hughes – Wikipedia February 2013 Edit: August 2013 Edit: Guess Thao & The Get Down Stay Down won’t have the competition for album(s) of the year I was hoping they would. (Then again, Mike Doughty has this thing coming up…)
Outside Lands Recap
In the spirit of my 2010 Coachella recap, here are some thoughts on last weekend’s Fester-esque trip to Outside Lands in San Francisco. Arrived a little late on Friday, mostly getting the lay of the land while gearing up for Paul McCartney’s highly anticipated headlining set and fulfillment of my lifelong dream to see a…
A Parallelogram
“Purple parallelogram I got in Amsterdam, made me dream a dream I didn’t understand.” — The Lemonheads Checked out time-travel play A Parallelogram this weekend and really dug it. Warning: Spoilers Below… The play focuses on Bee, a thirty-something woman who recently met her time traveler future self that — ala Quantum Leap and/or Timely Persuasion — only…
Ramblings VII
Another long absence from blogging means it’s time to invoke the ghosts of Pearl Jam Xmas singles past for some random thoughts: Found this Kickstarter campaign for a documentary about the Back to the Future trilogy told through the eyes of the DeLorean Time Machine. Plan is to have it debut in time for the 30th…
Fester Commentary
The Coachella Lineup announcement reminded/inspired me to work on the long delayed commentary for my “Fester” short story. I’ll use the same bulleted stream of consciousness format from the old series of Timely Persuasion commentary posts. Warning: Some of the below contains minor spoilers. If you haven’t read “Fester” you probably don’t want to read…
Of The Year – 2012
The Play ‘Em All experiment meant that I didn’t give new music the attention I usually do in 2012, but that doesn’t mean I don’t have a top list. (And yes, once again I was too busy/lazy to post this when I should have so I’m time traveling back to insert this post.) 1. Boys…
Play ’em All
Christmas Eve was an especially historic day this year. Â It ended up being the conclusion of my yearlong project to listen to all 13,747 songs in my iTunes library at least once in 2012. Â Started with “A Commotion” by Feist and ended with “I Wrote A Book About Rock and Roll” by Dr. Frank (of…
More Red Letter Dates
The most famous red letter date in the history of time travel is November 5, 1955 from Back to the Future. Lesser known BTTF dates include: January 1, 1885 (Doc’s trip to the Old West) September 2, 1885 (Marty’s trip to the Old West) November 12, 1955 (Enchantment Under The Sea / Lighting vs the…
Fester Cover
After utilizing the wonderful artwork by Jose Roberto for the cover of Timely Persuasion, I opted to go the do-it-yourself route for the “Fester” cover. My original idea was to take a photo of a pile of “scrip” tickets, a normal concert ticket, and a paper bracelet all scattered on a lawn alongside a ringing cellphone with…