Van Halen’s Top 10 Under-Appreciated Songs

In 2015, Rolling Stone ran a piece entitled 20 Insanely Great Van Halen Songs Only Hardcore Fans Know. At this … More

Taxicab Mandarin: How to Navigate Your Way through China | Listen & Learn USA

Source: Taxicab Mandarin: How to Navigate Your Way through China | Listen & Learn USA

Freelancer’s Delight: Second Edition – The Fuck Do I Know About Real Estate?

At the risk of establishing a tedious trend of redundancy in this story, I have no idea how many freelance … More

Three Relatively Obvious and Simple Ways to Improve Your Writing Right Now

As I mentioned in Testing, Testing…Is This Thing On? I have a lot of material that I wrote with the … More

Testing, Testing…Is This Thing On?

It’s been seven months since the last post and I have a fairly decent explanation for my absence: I’ve been … More

Freelancer’s Delight: Top 10 Questions You’ll Be Asked in China, and How to Respond in Mandarin

Freelance writing is by far the most variable, infuriating, and futile work I’ve done in my life…so far. Have you … More

Robert Plant Didn’t Ruin It For Anybody

I used to think that Robert Plant ruined it for everybody. One could argue that rock music does not have … More

Let the Drummer Have Some!

Drummers are the foundation of modern rock music, but let’s face it; a good drummer rarely if ever carries a … More

Bill Dolan Interview Part 2

Click here to read Part 1 Guitarist Bill Dolan is one of my favorite musicians and one of the most … More

1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die…Or Not*

The complete set of essays, more or less in one place. 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die…Or Not* … More