Category Archives: Music

The Blues

I. “You can’t understand the blues until you’ve had your heart broken, and you can’t understand disco until you’ve had group sex on Ecstasy.” – DJ Harvey When I moved to New York City over a year ago, my guitar … Continue reading

Tuesday: A Short Story

I wrote a short story. It’s called Tuesday. The story is set in the transitory period between college and a career. The protagonist struggles to manage his personal issues through music, the one thing that gives his experiences meaning. You … Continue reading

Two Turntables and a…

The past year has served as a habitual, exploratory phase for me. External to my day-to-day startup work, I’ve made progress in other, unrelated fields. The phase is partially due to taking advantage of living in New York City, offering … Continue reading

Planes, Trains, Automobiles and Buses Part V

The most irrelevant slivers of time can be accentuated — even narrated — by a backdrop of words and melody. Reality syncs, similar to an emotional sequence of film, to tapping the play button at just the right time. These … Continue reading

Planes, Trains, Automobiles and Buses Part IV

You watch the bus pull into the scorching parking lot, screeching to a halt as the brakes counter the momentum of the twelve tons of metal. You are last in line for what appears to be a full capacity of … Continue reading