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Portable Music: Quality vs Convenience

Its interesting how the trends in music mediums go back and forth between quality and convenience. Vinyl, for instance, was (is) a great format – especially if you have the right equipment (12+ band equalizers, decent speakers, et al). Pretty nice quality, but totally inconvenient, especially if you wanted to take your music with you. [...]

An open letter to Bono…

Dear Bono, Before I go on with this letter, I want to tell you how much I respect you. You have deep convictions on what you feel is right – and you don’t back down from those convictions. Once more, you use your position as someone in the limelight to further your positions on social [...]

Berbatti’s Pan – then and now

My first experience with Berbatti’s Pan was maybe five years ago. I won tickets to a show (featuring the now late Eliot Smith), and couldn’t find anyone to go with me. It creaped me out that I would have to go by myself – I had never been to a 21 and over venue. I [...]

Bob Dylan’s alternative lifestyles

A paper I wrote in college on Bob Dylan… [...]