First song in over four years

They won’t hold me like you do – by Jeremy Blanchard Written: May 5 – 7, 2012 Dedicated to: My awesome wife This is the first song I’ve written in over four years. I am well aware of it’s faults, so be kind. As my lyric teacher once said, “S**t makes the best fertilizer.” It…

AFI / Green Day Concert

I am not going to embellish the truth and say that I am a tight or close friend with Hunter, the bassist for AFI for the last 13 years. I will say that he and my brother were good friends and were in a punk rock band in high school, Little Seizures (I think that’s…

Album Review: Joe Pug – Messenger

The other day I heard Joe Pug on WUMB and was intrigued. The song was Speak Plainly, Diana. First let me step back and say, Yes, I was listening to the radio! Since my wife and I choose to subscribe to Rhapsody I am able to listen to Joe’s album without having to pay any…

the war of sound (copy)

A few weeks ago my friend Brook sent me a link about the war between sound quality and compression. I thought this was really interesting and I shared with a few people. This morning I signed into Rhapsody and there was a rave review about a new(ish) R&B singer, Rihanna. I decided to give her…

the foo fighting Foo Fighters (copy)

On Saturday we watch some of Saturday Night Live, which was a rerun, with John Bon Jovi hosting and Foo Fighters as additional musical guests. This got me to thinking, the Foo Fighters have been around for a while now and I seem to like of their stuff. Since Rachel and I subscribe to Rhapsody…

are train songs losing their relevance?

Over the last few days I have heard several songs about trains. You know, the kind that used to move things besides freight. One of the songs was from Lil Ed on Wait, Wait, don’t tell me NPR news quiz show. Another is from Ryan Adams’ Jacksonville City Lights, and yet another is from the…