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Finally, something to make Drowning Pool relevant and interesting:

I can’t  really say I’m disappointed even though, when I first heard of OFF! ,I was  interested in hearing what Keith Morris (Black Flag/Circle Jerks) had come up with. The story is Morris was working with producer Dimitri Coats (from … Continue reading →

In his introduction to Hüsker Dü: The Story of The Noise-Pop Pioneers Who Launched Modern Rock author Andrew Earles tells us upfront that he never saw the band live.  For some, that’d be a deal breaker but for me it … Continue reading →

I’m opening this back up.

So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. All of it is meaningless, a chasing after the wind. -Ecclesiastes 2:17

<Redacted for privacy> ————————————————— Joe Meek wrote “Telstar” in tribute to, and fascination with, the space age excitement of the early 1960’s. It’s simultaneously whimsical and melancholy. A lawsuit (resolved in his favor after his tragic death) prevented him from … Continue reading →

Generally speaking, things pile up while I’m looking straight at them. I’ve been pretty busy sorting out things for the Athens PopFest this August but that’s not been so much of a burden that I can really blame it for anything. The heat … Continue reading →

It’s not like I haven’t been working, you know. Things may have gone dark around here about 8 weeks ago but I’ve been plenty busy writing Threats & Promises for Flagpole (which I finally decided I’m going to start linking here), maintaining the Athens PopFest website … Continue reading →

Honestly, it’s writer’s block. Ever since I returned  from SXSW I’ve had the worst block I’ve had in a long while.  I’m able to get my assignments done for Flagpole and such but other than that I’ve been nearly blank. I’ve … Continue reading →