Long | Distance

After a two-week whirlwind the Olympics are over. Whew. I am undoubtedly a lifelong fan of the Olympics, both summer and winter, but the time commitment is grueling. A four-hour primetime broadcast for 15 days straight, with additional daytime coverage and a late night recap?! I had to talk myself out of buying a six-pack of Snuggies and riding out the entire two weeks on the couch. Thank god for DVR. Employing this little technological miracle to speed through commercials, I was able to slash the extensive primetime sessions into a streamlined 2.5 hour chunk of non-stop adrenaline. Further implementation of LEAN techniques (read, “situational fast-forwarding”) enabled me to carve out an additional 30 – 45 minutes, during the following: Continue Reading

Concerts, Mix'd Bag

Game On! | Hockey

Comments 19 | March | 2010

Photos | Mike Swor

In the electro-wiki-twitter-youface-dot.com era of music, bands scream to the forefront, riding tidal waves of blog hype, but are just as quickly sucked back into the vast sea of “who’s got next.” However, Hockey, a Portland-based 5-some are steadily making their way forward amidst throngs of bands vying for the attention of critics and labels. While their biggest fan base seems to remain on the west coast of the States, the word is spreading, and not just in English. Still, there is so much work, work, work to be done and I aim to find out what keeps them afloat. On the evening of their *SOLD OUT* show at the Casbah, in San Diego, CA, I track down bassist Jeremy “Jerm” Reynolds, and singer Ben Grubin at a local pizza place and between bites they tell me the story of Hockey. Continue Reading

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