The Time I Traded Tom Waits for an Aqua Album

This is about the time I traded Tom Waits for an Aqua album… Aquarium by Aqua, pressed on clear vinyl Possibly completely ridiculous on both ends, yet somehow the respective recipient and I were needing of what the other had, and a mutual accord was struck. I’ve rarely been into straight pop music, aside from … Continue reading The Time I Traded Tom Waits for an Aqua Album

Thanksgiving Theater: “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles”

It’s Thanksgiving this week in ‘Merica, all.  To tell you the truth, I’m not certain what that means anymore.  The roots exist in the whitewashed historical perspective of American colonialism though it’s also not that simplistic, either.  For many growing up, it meant turkey, stuffing (or dressing, as you will…I’m aware there’s a regional debate … Continue reading Thanksgiving Theater: “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles”