“The South will rise again.” A phrase I heard kicked around by borderline racists, good ol’ southern boys and those who just didn’t know any better all throughout my childhood in southern Virginia (and while we can argue about whether Virginia is really the South, but it really makes no difference to the person who [...]

This article is an artist profile of a local St. Louis rock band called Ocean Rivals that I did for the upcoming issue of Eleven. I interviewed the band before writing the article. They were my first “band interview.” The “Quick Tracks” at the end are short descriptions of two of Ocean Rivals songs. Here’s [...]

The wool has been pulled from my eyes, yet what I see I do not understand. That statement has been my life since viewing the first two seasons of the HBO police drama The Wire. Not only do I feel like I know a little something about the seedy underbelly that is the drug world, [...]

So I got my first writing gig last month. It’s contributing writer position at a free local music and culture magazine called Eleven. It’s a volunteer position which means I do not get paid, but the magazine is distributed all over town and it’s actually pretty good. Also, it’s work I like to do. My [...]

Thoughts on a book I’m reading called New Brunswick, New Jersey, Goodbye and it’s implications on the hardcore scene in Saint Louis. I found an interesting quote in chapter 4 of NBNJG, “I once read a quote that said: ‘If punk is “I won’t” then hardcore is “I will.“‘”  I wondered who Kauffman was quoting, [...]

Young Widows are a three piece, post-hardcore band from Louisville, Kentucky. The band has been around since 2002, though their beginning was as another Louisville band, the metalcore gods Breather Resist. B.R. called it quits in 2005, and three of the four members stayed on to form Young Widows (not without first considering “Breather Resist” [...]

Hello all,Here’s a quick life update. – Started the new school year, looking to travel. College fairs and High School visits mostly in St. Louis, though some in the Quad Cities in northern Illinois, and Iowa. – I recorded vocals for Dear Future last weekend. Brandon and Paul came down and lent their pipes to [...]

I live in a city that never ends. I often forget you have a personal name.

Last night started out like any other night.  I went to bed and I had a little bit of trouble falling asleep somehow, and around 2am I’m in the half-sleep, half-wake stage.  The reason I know that I was at this point at 2am is because I was startled awake by a dude on a [...]

Today is, and depending on when you read this, was the day after Thanksgiving.  It’s commonly called “Black Friday” because of the onslaught of shoppers on this day given that most stores have sales, and sometimes really good sales.  Today I had to work at the Apple store in the Galleria.  More or less, it [...]