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Published in Little Words·PinnedMember-onlyYouthWe’re only young once — “So scared of growing old/ I’m only good at being young.” -John Mayer Candy bar wrappers and Mountain Dew cans and packs of cigarettes we’d sneak down a Carolina back road. The days of our youth. You’re only seventeen once. The radio played I remember running through the wet grass, falling…Poetry2 min readPoetry2 min read
Published in The Riff·PinnedMember-onlyWe Were Merely FreshmenA 90’s pop-rock song taught me about death and moving on — The first time death blew its cold, violent wind through my forest I was 12. I soaked it in visually as my grandmother’s already small body withered into an unrecognizable mess of blankets and tubes hooked to beeping machines in a cold room. …Music9 min readMusic9 min read
Published in The Riff·Dec 6, 2022Member-onlyIt Doesn’t Matter If You’re Black or White or UncoolThe King of Pop could make anyone feel like royalty — Somewhere in the awkward awakening of adolescence, a dramatic shift happens. You might think it’s puberty, but something else is at stake. Something greater than the force of burgeoning armpit hair and vocal cords that squeak at inopportune times. …Music9 min readMusic9 min read
Published in The Riff·Jun 29, 2022Member-onlyDoes the Perfect Country Song Belong to Garth Brooks?“Friends In Low Places” tells us getting over it just requires a few friends and a few drinks — In 1975, David Allan Coe wrote the perfect country song. Well, technically it was Steve Goodman, but the song “You Never Even Called Me By My Name” was released that year by Mr. Coe to mild radio acclaim. …Music8 min readMusic8 min read
Published in Little Words·May 25, 2022Member-onlyThe Next Mass Shootingshell casings falling like hollow thoughts and prayers — Staring intently at this map 48 little countries with two more Perched unfairly at the lower left The ticking of the clock that we can hear the ticking of a bomb that we cannot Frays the nerves of silence Sandy Hook and Aurora have their own places in time, riddled with…Poetry3 min readPoetry3 min read
Apr 1, 2022Member-onlyHow to Know If You Had a Good Day or Bad Day, According to Ice CubeA helpful infographic — I write other things about music… Sometimes the Car Isn’t Fast Enough But Tracy Chapman hopes it ismedium.com Tell The Babysitter We’ll Be Home Late Because a Jagged Edge Song Just Came On The Radio Keep the radio on and keep drivingmedium.com The Blueprint For Surviving America’s Worst Day Jay-Z's 9/11 release was perfect for healing, thinking, and bragging about ourselvesmedium.comMusic1 min readMusic1 min readHow to Know If You Had a Good Day or Bad Day, According to Ice CubeA helpful infographicI write other things about music…Sometimes the Car Isn’t Fast EnoughBut Tracy Chapman hopes it ismedium.comTell The Babysitter We’ll Be Home Late Because a Jagged Edge Song Just Came On The RadioKeep the radio on and keep drivingmedium.comThe Blueprint For Surviving America’s Worst DayJay-Z's 9/11 release was perfect for healing, thinking, and bragging about ourselvesmedium.com----
Published in The Riff·Mar 25, 2022Member-onlyTom Petty Taught Us About Regret Without Even Using the WordFree Fallin’ isn’t just a classic song, but a lesson in living — I want to get this out of the way early in this write-up of Each Year’s Best Song, 1989 edition. I’m writing about Tom Petty’s Free Fallin’, and I want to make sure we are all playing with the same deck of cards. We’re all in the same boat. It’s…Music6 min readMusic6 min read
Published in Backyard Church·Mar 12, 2022Member-onlyStop Being Polite to GodWe’ll never grow closer to God by being fake — Conor O’Malley’s mom is dying. And there’s nothing he can do about it. Recently I saw a question on an online book forum. “What’s the saddest book?” Several answered A Monster Calls. I immediately picked it up that afternoon from the local library. In A Monster Calls, Conor O’Malley, a…God5 min readGod5 min read
Mar 10, 2022Member-onlyIt’s Not How You Finish, It’s How You StartHow your content begins matters just as much as how it ends — At the tender age of 15, I had no clue what this line meant: “It was the best of times. It was the worst of times…” Those opening lines to Charles Dickens' famous novel Great Expectations are some of the most well-known lines in the world of literature. As a…Writing7 min readWriting7 min read