Back in college I waited tables.  I’m fairly certain it goes hand-in-hand with attending music school.  One of those establishments was The Cheesecake Factory.  Being there 40+ hours per week got you very familiar with the menu.  While that may have been a detriment to my overall and...

35 years ago on this day, Jimmy Hoffa went to a lunch meeting at the Machus Red Fox Restaurant in suburban Detroit.  He was never seen again.  Coincidentally, on that same day, at roughly the same time, I entered the world. Share Tweet

40 years ago today, at Kent State University in Ohio, National Guardsmen fired 67 rounds over a period of 13 seconds, killing four students and wounding nine others, one of whom suffered permanent paralysis.  Some of the students who were shot had been protesting against the American...

I spent a good portion of last week delivering guest lectures to the “Creative Promotion in New Media” classes at Berklee.  For the class, I offered up some slides which helped explain both what marketing is about along with a few examples of sites that were good, bad, or at least...

On this day, in the year 62 (!), a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck the city of Pompeii, Italy.  While this doesn’t directly cause the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79, it does provide an excuse to offer up a clip from Pink Floyd’s “Live at Pompeii” … P.S.  This...

During my own time at Berklee, I took advantage of everything I could. As a piano player, I spent most of my time playing Hammond B3. While I didn't plant on being the next John Medeski, I welcomed the opportunity to play an instrument I'd like never own on my own.