Memories

always a soundtrack

At some point after Sept. 11, 2001 (days? weeks? months?), I made a themed mix. Generally, when I’m confused/scared/emotional and don’t know what to do, I make a mix. Somehow it gives the tiniest bit of comforting order to a situation to put a soundtrack to it.

Wednesday in the woods

I think the weather is an excellent sorting tool for forcing you to figure out who your favorite artists are. I could sit there and agonize for days when asked to name a “top 5” or whatever, but it turns out Mother Nature is happy to lay it out for me.

10 years

Today is the 10-year anniversary of my first-ever concert. I was a late bloomer due to strict parenting, not a lack of interest!

Since then, I’ve tried to make up for lost time and am up to 126, which I averages out to just over one concert per month. Wait. Somehow, that doesn’t seem…

back in the day

In the mid-1990s, I hosted and recorded “radio show” on the fictional station WETO 94.5 FM, which existed only in the little black plastic world of my Sony cassette boombox. (Who else misses that term?)

happy periwinkle days and post-Rhett swett

This stunner of a cake dates from April 2008, when I embarked on CONCERT BINGE 08, a…