A Family Exploring the World of Fandom Together
We belong to a lot of different fandoms. We both have separate loves and some that overlaps. Of course, Star Wars is the big one, but this is an area for all of our loves!
Thou: Heathen I might be a homer for this pick, but I really like this album from the Baton Rouge doom metal band. The music is heavy and unrelenting and the lyrics are intelligent without going over into pretentiousness. The lead signer’s voice takes a little getting used to but…
Even though I’m a teacher, part of my job requires me to analyze school data. Being a History/English guy, music allows me to deal with numbers. Thanks to Spotify (will talk about my feelings — good and bad — about Spotify in another blog), I listened to plenty of albums. This…
While graduate school took up most of my time this year, I decided to go to some concerts this year. Well, I usually decided that every year, but this year I made that decision more often than most years. Um, yeah. The first show I saw this year was Neutral…
Record Store Day 2014 did not start out very well. Spring colds wrecked our sleeping schedule. We woke up after most of the stores opened, which is an ominous sign if you want rare releases. In addition, we had a five hour trip ahead of us to Panama City, which…
It sounds better. It has more warmth. Life is full of surface noise. The artwork is better. It is how music should be heard! Those are the arguments usually made by people who collect vinyl. The first two are hard to prove. Yes, life is full of surface noise but…
It is no secret that my favorite band of all time is The Replacements. The Replacements are more than a band to me; their music was there for me whenever I needed them in the way a good friend is. Now, in a very small way, I can return the…