Life is learning to traverse the difference between what we need and what we receive.
In the interest of full disclosure, I should point out that I know Jonah Knight. His wife, Lisa, has been a friend of mine since high school. When asked about writing a review for his album, I was a little hesitant at first because it’s a little hard not to be biased. Or hard to be honest, if you’re timid. (more…)
In order to write a review of the album Ghosts Don’t Disappear by Jonah Knight, I’m going to start with a mini review of his previous album, Singer/Songfighter, because I listened to that one first. Singer/Songfighter is a mixture of song styles, some leaning towards acoustic and folk while others have a light punk sound. Some of those styles, particularly the acoustic ones, work better. They’re a bit like Obadiah Parker if you removed the piano, or Kings of Convenience in that the music skews towards the lighter tones. “Cameron’s Dog” and “Everything Will Be Fine” are where this style really clicks whereas “Calling” feels like an odd mixture of New Orleans style guitar and folk vocals. Stylistic experimentation within a single album is fairly common. Compare “Christians in Black” to “Like I Needed” by Rogue Wave from Asleep at Heaven’s Gate or “Devil” to “Dakota” from Stereophonics on Language, Sex, Violence, Other. (more…)
When I turned 35 I ran a mile faster than I had run it before. On my 36th birthday I ran farther than I had run prior to that. On my 37th birthday I tried to sleep late. I had more success with my plans at 35 and 36 because I woke up at just after five o’clock in the morning. Still I stayed in bed for a bit hoping that sleep would carry me back into the Fun House world of the subconscious, but there was no such luck. (more…)
“Atlanta,” she said as she hung up the phone. She said it in the same tone I imagine some captain had used to tell Robert E. Lee that Atlanta had fallen to Sherman: disgust peppered onto disbelief. The single word held explanation, admission and defeat. It also birthed a slow, roiling chaos. (more…)
I was doing a seven-million-dollar bid at work and while on a conference call that was mostly about biking strategies followed by thirty seconds of, “oh by the way, bid like this…” when I heard reference to a bid we had just won through Bacon World. Bacon World is a big third party that controls quite a lot of business. Another analyst had done a bid through Bacon World for Chuck’s Waffle Hut. Chuck’s Waffle Hut is some company you’ve probably never heard of, but you all probably have waffles in your house. Maybe they’re not Chuck brand, but by the size of the business it’s safe to say Chuck moves a lot of waffles. (more…)
Normally I do a review in December for the year in pop culture, but as sometimes things get lost in the shuffle and we lose praise as time moves on, I thought I would do a “Year So Far” list. That’s what you’re reading now. Go. (more…)