The Biggest Announcement I’ve Ever Made.
I’ve had this conversation a few hundred times in the last 6 years. It starts from one of two angles, the first being “So, you’re living the dream, huh?” and the second being “Are you just sick of the...
View ArticleInterested In Hosting? (It’s so doable)
So, you might be interested in hosting a house show, but you’re not sure what all it entails? This is great news. I have played hundreds of these, and I have a lot of information for you. I won’t write...
View ArticleReflect / Project
As a rule, I don’t like to make New Year’s resolutions. I’ve always justified this boycott by saying “if you want to do something, just do it. Why does it have to be on January first?” This has served...
View ArticleTemporary Blog Relocation
Since we moved in to the RV, I’ve temporarily (maybe?) moved the blog here: roadsandmaps.com I’ll figure out a way to integrate it here (or post here more) but in the meantime, i noticed that I haven’t...
View ArticleA Release, A Hello, and a Compendium of Links.
Hello from Texas! I’m here for a couple of weeks booking shows. If you live in New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, or Colorado and would like to...
View ArticleFerguson.
Living in an RV as a touring musician, I have the convenient luxury of avoiding news stories until I choose to begin reading about them. If they aren’t brought to my doorstep, I can elect to remain...
View ArticleOn Brokenness, Beauty, and Restoration.
I got an e-mail on September 25th via the website from a [name redacted]. I’m terrible at e-mail while driving / playing shows, but I I finally got a chance to reply today. Unfortunately, Hotmail kept...
View ArticleA Year Unreviewed
It’s December 21st. The shortest night of the year, as if this whole thing wasn’t going to be over soon enough. I’ve just finished playing the last show of this Life Dream / Year On Tour / Year In An...
View ArticleA Year, Reviewed (The Macro)
It would be a book, really. If I tried to write it all down, every meaningful, discouraging, and/or hilarious story. There have been years of my life that could be summed up in a chapter or paragraph...
View Articlea ghost town, a ruin, a monument; hello.
I remember who I was here, though if you had asked me at the time, there’s no chance I would have claimed to have a grasp on that. I still wrestle with who I’ve been since. I haven’t touched my guitar...
View ArticleHere is all I’ve got today.
I used to write when I needed to find my best self. I would erase my first and most visceral reaction, then by the third or fourth draft, I would find my true voice: one that found some tiny diamond...
View ArticleDFW Airport, 1/28/17
I’m a writer, but I’m going to keep this as simple and as short as possible. 1. The countries on today’s Muslim Ban list have combined to kill zero Americans on U.S. soil in acts of terrorism from...
View Article“Mike Pence doesn’t …what, now?”
Preface: My hope in writing this was not to win an argument. Re-reading it, I’m not even sure I’ve staked a flag in the ground. But having read a lot of misunderstandings on the topic today (including...
View ArticleDearest Politicians…
Hi, it’s me: your constituent. What I’m about to write is in no way ground-breaking, but it does seem necessary. You’re focusing on the wrong thing. You’re focusing on winning elections. Stop that. It...
View ArticleHere’s what it’s like to call your Senators.
I do not enjoy confrontation. I am generally a pretty easy-going guy, and capable of enduring things that inconvenience me. Perhaps it was my rural Texas upbringing that pounded “No Whining” into my...
View ArticleThat Middle Falling Place
It takes one bravery to let go of what seems safe and join the fight It takes another to not get comfortable in the long wrestling That long grappling middle that contends between a certain and...
View ArticleOn Statues and Schools and the safe distance of time
If I say “racism is bad”, all but a hateful margin would agree. It’s like saying “food is good” Sure. But the rub is when we try to define what is racist, and what is not. I’m not concerned with...
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