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Skate and Surf Fest 2015 Recap: Rewinds and New Finds
Last week, (instead of attending college graduation), the wife and I skipped town and headed to Asbury Park, New Jersey to attend Skate and Surf Fest — a two day music festival. The festival featured a...
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Carrs in the car across the USA: Tornados, Volcanos and Floods
My wife and I just Prius’d acrossed the USA. Yes. I’m using Prius as a verb. After two successful cross-country trips (overloaded and overstuffed, might I add), I’m allowed to brag about my Toyota....
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Borrowed trouble: My 30 days inside a payday loan office
The cursor blinks and a man hovers over my computer. American flag t-shirt, sleeves off — he coughs into his hands and rubs them together. He’s nervous. On my desk lies his bank statement, three pay...
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Launching a Career in Freelance Writing: Leads, Clients and Pay Rates
Like a pack of baby seals conscious of the ever-pervasive and always hungry predator, writers stick together. One question I often hear is, “How can I make money on my writing?” My answer is usually...
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Hot Leads and Lonely Stakeouts: My Day of Freelancing for the NY Post
The sky wasn’t dark but it was getting there. My phone had 8% battery charge left. My sunflower seeds were almost gone. I was sick to my stomach — with myself, the media, Internet readers. All this...
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29
At 29 years old, I’ve discovered the truth. Everyone is lying to me. It’s not so much a realization, but a confirmation. The truth is that getting old isn’t all that bad. Sure, there’s the aches and...
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My Bill Maher Q&A: Fall, 2015
Forget Barack Obama and Donald Trump, Bill Maher is America’s most politically polarizing living figure. Whether you like him or not, Maher is one of those people you see on TV and go, “I wish I could...
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Best of 2015: Music, Film, Literature
Oh hey there. Let’s jump right in. Music 2015 was a fantastic year for music. Adele and Taylor Swift reminded us that people still buy music and that pop stars still exist. Apple Music, Spotify, Tidal...
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Fiction Prediction: How Crichton Prophesied Our Awful Internet Age
The past two or three years, in my late twenties, I’ve almost exclusively read fiction. Call it escapism, call it the consequences of a creative writing college program, call it what you want — but...
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The X-Files Revival Review (Pt. 1): Paranormally Normal Expectations
Let’s get this out of the way: I’m an X-Phile, through and through. As the name would suggest, X-Philes are a rare breed of entertainment consumers who swear allegiance to the TV show The X-Files. With...
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In defense of vinyl-loving hipsters (Or, Record Store Day 2016)
There’s a lot to hate about hipsters — I get it. The coffee is never good enough, the beer selection is lacking, we’re poor but always wearing expensive clothing. Also, we love vinyl records. Get out...
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Story Behind the Setlist: The Swell Season — April 2008, Oakland, CA
My fondest memories revolve around live music. That statement may mean nothing to you, but to me, it’s everything. See, my memory is not what it used to be. (Of course, how would I know?) Maybe my...
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Micro-filming with Adobe Clip: My life in 4 short videos
About a month ago it occurred to me that I carry a super computer in my pocket. My phone, that is. It’s a smart phone that connects me to the world and offers me every little bit of information from...
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Forget the election: Here are some other things to think and talk about that...
Another day, another step closer to this soul crushing 2016 presidential election. More hollow headlines. More Twitter rants. More Facebook chides. It’s not that I don’t like politics — I do. But give...
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Album Review: Kevin Morby – Singing Saw
You’re sitting on the coastline of a small, uninhabited island in the middle of the South Pacific. Sand burrows in the creases of your eyes and the corners of your cracked lips. The wind smells of...
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This is a Nightmare: Being a ‘Brand New’ Fan in 2016
Rock band Brand New’s infrequent musical output has frustrated fans to no end. It’s been seven years since Daisy. Ten since Devil and God. (Let that sink in). Like an overlapping harmony, longtime...
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Fringe Fest Recap: #Mephistophilis, Add Your Comment Below & More
During opening weekend of the 2016 Rochester Fringe Festival, I helped write, produce and act in an evening of all-new, original, one-act plays titled, “We Wrote One Acts About the Internet, and You...
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Album Review: Taking Back Sunday – Tidal Wave
The biggest myth about Taking Back Sunday is that Tell All Your Friends (2002) is their best record. The truth is that — now on to their seventh studio album — Taking Back Sunday’s best record is the...
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ALBUM REVIEW: Kevin Devine -Instigator
Prolific songwriters are annoying. You hear about guys like Kevin Devine and you say, “Wow! Can’t wait to get into this,” and suddenly eight years go by and you’ve missed nine albums and two...
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ALBUM REVIEW: Jimmy Eat World – Integrity Blues
“It doesn’t have to hurt anymore,” sings Jimmy Eat World on the angelic, swelling new tune, “The End is Beautiful,” and my eyes are also swelling. I’m not crying, I wouldn’t do that. Not here, anyway,...
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