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BRIEF ENCOUNTER: Hanging Out With Spacehog in 1996
July 10, 1996 Spacehog played at Bogart’s on a quadruple bill with Tracy Bonham, 7 Year Bitch and headliners Everclear, Spacehog’s set...
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Sep 8, 20222 min read


Equal Measures of DIGNITY AND SHAME Slipping Through CROOKED FINGERS in 2005
Crooked Fingers “Dignity And Shame” Merge Records 2005 On their fourth release, Dignity And Shame, Crooked Fingers’ traditional pop group...
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Sep 2, 20222 min read


BOB DYLAN at Bogart's - July 11, 1999
After seeing Bob Dylan in concert at Bogart's on July 11th 1999 I submitted a review of the show to a local arts weekly. Wanting to...
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Aug 26, 20228 min read


Right Out of the Clear Blue Sky
What's it been 30 years? Hell, maybe 35? Now here we are again, Right out of the clear blue sky. Sharing tall tales and tunes, Just like...
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Aug 17, 20222 min read


BIG TRIP Chapter 4
Twenty years ago in the spring of 2002 I drove around the country by myself for six weeks. Here is another installment from the journal I...
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Aug 5, 20224 min read


55
(Six-pack not included) When your birthday is on the first of August, you do not often see a kick ass thunder and lightning storm on your...
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Aug 1, 20222 min read


LOOSE ENDS, ODD JOBS, LONG DAYS & SLAYER in 1991
Late in 1990 I decided I'd had enough of John James' bullshit. When I discovered he had been tapping the phone at Wizard Records (I still...
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Jul 29, 20226 min read


Detention & Reading Retention
There were certain teachers at my high school that would not let you sleep in detention if you had to stay after class. Still others who...
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Jul 22, 20221 min read


BRIEF ENCOUNTER: Adam Schlesinger from Fountains of Wayne & Ivy, 1995
Adam Schlesinger, Dominique Durand, and Andy Chase of Ivy Before Fountains of Wayne, guitarist Adam Schlesinger was in a band called Ivy....
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Jul 15, 20224 min read


KISS at Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, Ohio - September 14, 1979
I was 12 years old when my Dad took me and two friends to see KISS on September 14, 1979 at Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati, Ohio. It...
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Jul 8, 20225 min read


KISS in '96 = Led Sabbath for the Undiscerning Masses
I've been a KISS fan since 1976. My favorite era will forever be that first run by the original line up, spanning from 1973 to 1979. I've...
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Jul 1, 20222 min read


31 AVA QUOTES from Spring 2022
1. Get it together, man! 2. I love the hairs in your nose. 3. Sometimes I just love the bones of your body. What about the bones of your...
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Jun 24, 20222 min read


ON THE SPOT (Curse of the Bottle)
Got an empty bottle from the alley Burnt a candle, dug a hole When the moon went back behind the clouds You dug it up and found it full ...
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Jun 17, 20221 min read


BIG TRIP Chapter 3
This year marks the 20th anniversary of a cross country solo road trip I took in 2002. When we left off at the end of Chapter 2, I was on...
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Jun 10, 20224 min read


The Ghost Bear of Signal, Ohio
The full moon reflected in the floodwaters of Stone Shoulder Creek The cat was in the hayloft, hungry as Hell How soon he could resume...
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Jun 2, 20226 min read


BRIEF ENCOUNTER: Backstage with Michael Leonhart & Jon Herington
Michael Leonhart's Hotel Music LP is funky chill out lo-fi analog experimental ambient Space Rock trance noise. The vinyl pressing was...
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May 27, 20222 min read


BIG TRIP Chapter 5
Twenty years ago in the spring of 2002, I drove around the country by myself for six weeks. Here is another installment from the journal...
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May 22, 20224 min read


BIG TRIP Chapter 2
This month marks the 20th anniversary of a 6-week cross country solo camping trip I took in 2002. All alone over 5,600 miles through 17...
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May 13, 20228 min read


BIG TRIP Chapter 1
This month marks the 20th anniversary of a 6-week cross country solo camping trip I took in 2002. All alone over 5,600 miles through 17...
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May 6, 20225 min read


GOING PUBLIC WITH OUR LOVE
We’re going public with our love Kept it quiet quite long enough I heard what your husband said, there’s a price upon my head I might...
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Apr 29, 20221 min read
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