Brick Mag

Showgrid Story #3

We might get a little corny this morning. I had already written a piece about my experience at the Charles Bradley concert last week, but my laptop is lying in a hotel room in East Alabama, and thus, I am stuck with a blank slate, a late night ahead of me and heavy thoughts on my mind.

The Brief Life of Percy Waters, pt. 1

A Brief Biography

Here before us lies a boy. A boy barely born in a pyrex-like glass basin with white blankets and the slight glare of fluorescent bulbs with their buzz.

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In college, I briefly worked at a pizza parlor where the place’s specialty was garlic knots.

Garlic knots were really just strings of dough tied in a knot that then had a garlic butter brush run over them. You’d sit in the back, grab…

Waffle House Is The Answer

This morning, I woke up driving my car to Waffle House. I can’t explain how I got there. I was asleep one second, then the next, I was on Nollensville Road going to pick up my friend Steve, who I had apparently called and asked if he wanted some waffles.

The Silent Killer of Cotton

The ultimate conspiracy plaguing citizens of the United States is not the Kennedy assasination. It’s not the mythical rise of Donald Trump. It’s not ‘Where is Bobby Fisher?’

No, people. The real conspiracy that eats into your lives every single goddam day…

A Letter to Clare Thompson

Dear Clare Thompson,

I’ve been having this recurring dream over the past few months. The dream involves this small tattered paperback book being held up before me as if it is of grave importance. The book has a blue cover and when opened, is covered in…

The Brief Life of Percy Waters, pt. 2

A New Friend, A Party

In the night, Percy arrived on campus and unloaded his car of all its contents. Clothes were lumped into a small closet and sheets were thrown around a mattress. Trinkets: pictures, statues, pocket…

Showgrid Story #1

I found myself in an electronics store late yesterday afternoon buying materials to put a new radio in my car.

Being a person who assembles a weekly newsletter about live music in Nashville, I am constantly noting what is playing where. I am, after all, a professional…