Summer festivals are a strange phenomenon. We always long for them, to bum around a field with a tepid can of lager in our mitts and sharing the experience with thousands of like minded people. You’re basking in the sun (this one is usually a dream rather than reality, but allow me some leeway on [...]
I’m not the best at really anything. I can’t organize the best, I can’t build the best relationships, I can’t write the best, I can’t talk the best, I can’t play the best. But something I’m good at is getting people riled up. I know this might seem inconsequential but hear me out… First of [...]
Yo so it’s December 2007 and the Hot Water Music boys have been on “indefinite hiatus” for about 2 yrs. Chuck is busy doin’ his thing and rulin’ at it, A full length, live record, a video, soundtrack, uh, track, 7″ singles fan club, the shows are sick, jesus. The Draft is kickin’ ass all [...]
There needs to be a certification process for eco-friendly families. Al Gore tells me the planet is dying, so he needs to follow that up with an objective standard of when I’m doing enough to save it. The Barker clan is a family of five. I think we’re reasonably eco-friendly. We recycle everything All the [...]
In the US people are sleeping in or just now getting up and preparing to join their families for the great annual Thanksgiving feast, on what is hands down my favorite holiday, in concept and practice. Here in Japan, it’s Thursday evening and today is nothing special. Tomorrow, however, is the national “Workers Thanksgiving Day” [...]