Musical Elitism Is Bullshit.

Here’s a broad statement that almost no one is going to agree with: no music is bad.

When I say that, I don’t mean that all music is pleasant, I just think it isn’t bad. Fundamentally, music is expression, and expression is just communication of…

The Promise of the Internet

Last night, at the Grammy Awards, their president suggested streaming media services prevent musicians from earning enough to pursue a “Viable career.”

His fallacy is the suggestion his solution is better than the one the Promise of the Internet (as…

The Importance of Being Trash

Last night (well, a few minutes before I started writing this [I’m hoping that I work up the courage to post this as a status or something so some of it is in the past tense]) I was lying in bed and I had a lot of thoughts coming to my mind, as they do when you need it least…

American Elitism

Why is it that Americans feel so entitled to consume whatever it is they want without consequence? This isn’t just wasteful spending on temporary pleasures, it’s also wasteful, lazy consumption of limited resources. I’m not blaming, or judging, because I’m guilty too. I’ve made poor decisions…

Yes, I think you’re absolutely right. Before reluctantly saying yes to my wife’s request that we open our marriage after 25 monogamous years, I did a LOT of research. I read more than a baker’s dozen books on the subject, took courses and talked to anyone who identified as poly and couldn’t outrun me. I kept getting a sense of slightly hidden…