“In the summertime, in the sweet summertime” – Bob Seger, Night Moves Someone asked me recently why summer ends “so early”. For most Americans summer traditionally ends on Labor Day, which I agree seems a tad arbitrary, like Easter. No one has ever, to my satisfaction, explained to me why Easter moves around the calendar like some…
It’s strange how a man’s “train of thought” works…. I was at yet another party tonight, it was maybe the tenth in 2 weeks, celebrating my wife’s birthday. Her birthday has become more of a festival than a birth “day”. I was sitting at the end of a very crowded table when someone who was…
I am occasionally, like all professional types, required to go to Las Vegas a few times a year for various conventions in my industry. I’ve always hated Las Vegas. I once said to my old friend from Arkansas, Joel (*named changed to protect the guilty), that when I die, if I wake up in a…
In this post’s edition of Stray Cats, my term for random musical notes, I want to highlight three new albums that are soon to be released. Two are solo albums by Chris Cornell (Soundgarden, Audioslave) and David Gilmour (Pink Floyd) who are guys from bands I just love. The third album I want to talk…
One of my wife’s best friends, Nancy, passed away a couple of years ago from cancer. It was a very sad time for both my wife, me and everyone who knew Nancy. She was one of my favorite people on the planet. I like to think, even though she was my wife’s friend, that Nancy…
As I mentioned in the ‘Mission Statement’ for Bourbon And Vinyl, I am very focused on older artists making new music. These older “classic rock” artist’s new music tends to get overlooked or ignored completely these days. I have already tried to shine a light on the amazing Fats Domino tribute album, Goin’ Home and…
Weird stuff happens to me when I go out drinking in strange towns. I was traveling recently and this is a vague approximation of what went down on that weird and twisted night… I have business these days that takes me to Minneapolis. I never thought in my wildest dreams I’d spend time in Minnesota….
For reasons unclear, during the George W Bush administration, among other things, they recklessly deregulated the radio industry. In the past, there were limits to how many radio stations one person or company could own. Once the W administration deregulated the radio industry, those limits were removed. There was quickly a consolidation of radio station ownership…
As time goes by it seems I become increasingly lazy about my social life. I don’t plan ahead much, preferring to let the weekends “flow” over me. Luckily my wife does a lot of social planning for me or I’d likely become my neighborhood’s Boo Radley. In June of this year The Rolling Stones ZipCode…
“Whiskey, gin, and brandy, with a glass I’m pretty handy” – AC/DC, Have A Drink On Me It occurred to me recently that I don’t have any hobbies. I don’t golf, I never have. While its true that I was on a bowling team when I was a teenager, I dropped that hobby when I realized…