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Cleveland Rising: The First Three Rehearsals & Princess Shoes
On Thursday evening, November 15, after packing a guitar, keyboards, keyboard stand and amp into my new VW Rabbit, Evan, Daniel and I headed down to Vanessa's and Tony's house. As Vanessa and Tony have a free standing house, and the rest of us all live at the Statler, it made sense to rehears where ...
First Studio Session this Morning
[caption id="attachment_68" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="tony-vanessa"][/caption] The band is preparing for our first studio recording session - and it's happening this Saturday in Chagrin Falls. It's very exciting to start laying down some of the fruits of our musical work together thu...
The Backstory. The Statler 7. The Band.
THE BACKSTORY - As an Art and Communication student at DePaul University in the early 1990's, I spent each weekday commuting on the el to school and work, between suburbia and Chicago, while listening to my white Sony tape and radio walkman. Often XRT (93.1) would serve as entertainment on the...
The Backstory. The Statler 7. The Band.
THE BACKSTORY - As an Art and Communication student at DePaul University in the early 1990's, I spent each weekday commuting on the el to school and work, between suburbia and Chicago, while listening to my white Sony tape and radio walkman. Often XRT (93.1) would serve as entertainment on the long ...
Eating the World with Anthony Bourdain
“My job does not suck.” So opened the Anthony Bourdain keynote address entitled “The Global Feast” at the Iconoculture conference in Miami Beach. “Iconosphere,” as the conference was branded, hosted a series of speeches, breakout sessions and discussions all focused on educating consu...
Clowns in a Circus: Memorable Quotes, Compliments of You
We live in troubling times. Without going through a long list of depressing situations to worry about, the past year has added plenty of meshigas to our already slightly (or heavily) neurotic lives. If you happen to be someone untouched, unfazed or unbound from reality, enjoy your Shangri La whi...
Just Can’t Get Enough: My 23 Year Relationship with Depeche Mode
Many of us musicaholics have one artist we depend on to put us in a certain state. For example, if I crave upbeat dance tracks to inspire me to clean, there's New Order's greatest hits double cd Substance. If I want psychological self-reflection to remind me that someone else's emotional s...
A Second Chance at Witnessing Greatness: LeBron & the Cavs
"We're not here trying to win any one's respect. We're here trying to win a championship." - LeBron James It's currently 12:13 a.m. and in less then five hours I need to get up, get ready, pack and leave for the airport. But how can anyone possibly sleep? Anybody on the planet who just ...
Hip-Hop, Wall Street & Skokie Illinois
On Sunday March 11 the Rock Hall inducted 5 artists into into the Class of 2007. Surprisingly, actually 2 of these artists were female: Chicago's own Patti Smith and Ronnie "Be My Little Baby" & the Ronettes. But what was even more surprising was not these women's induction into the male...
My Super Bowl Adventure
February 5, 2007 I wanted to share my little adventure with you of what happened to me during Super Bowl weekend, as I embarked on a little adventure to Rochester (and back) for a Simon on-campus recruiting event. The weekend itself was wonderful, celebrating birthdays with Rami & I...
