Jacob Jones-GoldsteinThe Beginning, the Middle, and the End is ThisIt’s a Friday afternoon, snow is falling outside, and I’m sitting in my den listening to the new record from Skinny Lister. The band is…Mar 11, 2019Mar 11, 2019
Jacob Jones-GoldsteinRight On All My GuessesI woke up sad this morning. It’s February 3rd, 2019, the 60th anniversary of the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and…Feb 5, 2019Feb 5, 2019
Jacob Jones-GoldsteinTen Bloody KnucklesThe Vansaders had an advantage over other bands that I’ve fallen in love with while seeing them perform for the first time. They played a…Jan 25, 2019Jan 25, 2019
Jacob Jones-GoldsteinFrank Turner Wants Me To Be More Kind and I Don’t Know HowA few weeks ago I wrote about Trapper Schoepp and the idea of the ‘begats’. The basic idea being that most of the bands and artists I…Oct 16, 2018Oct 16, 2018
Jacob Jones-GoldsteinAll the Freaks Gather RoundThe best argument I can make for keeping an open mind about different musical genres and bands is that for the better part of my life one…Oct 5, 2018Oct 5, 2018
Jacob Jones-GoldsteinSometimes You’re Happy and Sometimes You CryTo the best that I can remember, the last time I cried was when David Bowie died. I was driving to work the morning he passed away and…Oct 2, 2018Oct 2, 2018
Jacob Jones-GoldsteinSongbooksPeriodically I get the urge to writing something along the lines of a musical biography. The basic idea being tracking all the music I’ve…Sep 20, 2018Sep 20, 2018
Jacob Jones-GoldsteinNaming RouletteI have a pretty basic system when it comes to naming characters in anything I write. I put whatever music source I happen to be listening…Sep 17, 2018Sep 17, 2018
Jacob Jones-GoldsteinOrigins of ‘On The House’My story in the new anthology ‘Plague of Shadows’ (plug plug plug) is about a couple that is driving across the country on vacation and end…Sep 13, 2018Sep 13, 2018
Jacob Jones-GoldsteinJethro Tull, Wheatus, and a Weird Weekend.I try to see live music as often as possible, but living in Delaware it’s not always easy. There aren’t many venues for bands to stop, even…Sep 11, 2018Sep 11, 2018
