Wal Mart Can Get Rowdy

By timoi in On Another Note

This was mentioned in the news this morning. Apparently there is a mysterious death following a suspected shoplifter at a Wal Mart... The full story can be found here: http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/3301862 So is the lesson that crime doesn't pay? Or maybe ...

If You Don't Believe Me, Believe Miles

By timoi in On Another Note

There is a really great book out there for guitar players, musicians, and anyone else looking to improve on what they do by approaching things in an interesting way. It’s called “Zen Guitar” by Phillip Toshio Sudo. It covers guitar ...

On Tom Waits...

By timoi in On Another Note

If you asked me who my favorite songwriter was, I couldn’t give you a straight answer. But in the top 3 most definitely is Tom Waits. If you have never heard of him, don’t be surprised. Tom Waits isn’t exactly ...

Put On That Go Gos Record...

By timoi in On Another Note

Looks like our president has decided to take a 5 week vacation. How many do they take a year anyway? It just seems odd that recent polls have shown that most Americans are not even able to cash in their ...

Score One For Secular Music

By timoi in On Another Note

There’s an urban artist I really don’t care for. His name is Nick Cannon. He has songs with titles like “Feelin Freaky”, “Gigilo” and “Your Pops Don’t Like Me”. I mean if you look up the lyrics for these songs, ...

Teens Drink, Adults Baffled, Tim Satirical

By timoi in On Another Note

It seems that 76 percent of Cuero students grades 6 to 12 admit to drinking alcohol in the past year.(According to a news story that ran last night on your local news) Cuero has a drinking problem. Who knew? I ...

Where Have All My Heroes Gone?

By timoi in On Another Note

I just realized something I sleep in on Saturdays. I mean, so what right? I’m 29, and I don’t work on Saturday, so I should be sleeping in. But I used to have a reason to wake up so very ...

It's All Coming Back To Me...

By timoi in On Another Note

It's been a surreal couple of days. For some strange reason, I keep running into people I have not seen in about 11 to 12 years. They are all from my youthful past. Some are from previous bands, my first ...

One More Time With Feeling Lads...

By timoi in On Another Note

The Nowhere Heroes are a punk rock band out of Shiner Texas. They are a great bunch of kids all around high school age. They have played all over Texas, and tomorrow night, in a small humble venue, they will ...

Insert Clever Title Here

By timoi in On Another Note

British schoolchildren and theatre festival audiences are being exposed this month to an updated rap version of "The Canterbury Tales" as told by a Canadian. There is so much wrong with that sentence... I don't know where to begin.