Once upon a time there were two guys that shared a dream. They worked out all the time, learned the moves, endured pain and inevitable injuries, drove themselves hundreds of miles around the country from arena to arena, in the hope that one day their dream might come true. Their dream? To...
After ten years, I finally broke down and bought a new vehicle. It’s funny, because I wouldn’t think twice about buying a new motorcycle (or two… or three…) but I waited about three years too long to get a new Jeep. My truck, a 1994 Dodge Ram had been...
For the second time in two months, I am without my electronic leash. The first time, I managed to leave my cell phone on my saddle bag during a motorcycle trip to Little Rock. Annoying? Yes. Dumb? Yes. Intentional? Well….. maybe……. When I replaced the phone, I also took...
“Sir, I bet you’re surprised we didn’t have to look inside that case, aren’t you?” The case in question is my hard-shelled Pelican case, stuffed full of microphones, wires, tools and batteries. The question came from a TSA agent in the Providence airport. The case and I were heading to...
Stuart Shurtleff passed away Wednesday. He was a friend of mine, in the way that all audio mixers are friends. That is to say, I knew him, understand and respected what he did, and may have even had a drink or two with him in a hotel bar somewhere. Stuart mixed the Broadcast Center for...