Tag: music
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Guitars, Cadillacs, freshly cut grass
16% of my childhood transpired in rural Maryland circa 1986–1989. Our split-foyer home was in a small development built during the previous decade. Lacking central air, we used box fans in the summer and the one-two punch of a wood-burning stove and kerosene heater as the temperature waned. Times were quaint as I waved goodbye…
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Thank you for that question, councilwoman
For the greater part of my adult life, I’ve been reluctant to disclose my pop-punk roots to friends and acquaintances. At best, I would be met with a blank stare. At worst, a knowing smirk about an overhyped, juvenile genre with Green Day and Blink-182 at the forefront. Conceal my affinity, I shall no longer.…
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You & Me at Coles Corner
Once upon a late aughts summer, a friend and I rode our bikes around Brooklyn — a rite of passage for certain people living in said borough at the time. As we pedaled past leafy trees and brownstone walk-ups…
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Is this what adults listen to?
1997 marked my first stab at a college education. Age 18, I left home, moved into my aunt’s house in the blue collar town of Coraopolis, PA, and enrolled in the Graphic Design program at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. I commuted to school via public bus or a ride from my aunt. It was…
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PUP: cheaper than therapy
The primary reasons I started this blog are to disclose and discuss: 1) the break-in at my old apartment on October 2, 2021 and 2) the fact that PUP probably saved my life after that and at bare minimum kept me from having a Full Blown Meltdown (iykyk).
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