For the Record…

Jim Hill, guitarist for Custom Deluxe, moved last month.  This meant that Matt, owner of the truck, would be helping out with the transportation.  In return for my assistance, Jim gave me a good deal on a Magnavox Sterophonic High Fidelity radio/record player.  Good times.
After carefully transporting the unit from Southie to Newton, Krissy and [...]

Limerick or Pun

Yesterday, while waiting to start the Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk, Krissy and I began discussing limericks and puns. Here’s what we came up with:
Puns are quite commonplace in everyday conversation. My take is that they add a little bit of spice to the conversation. These guys allow me to find entertainment in otherwise unimpressive [...]

I Guess Holst was Right…

In the early 1900s, Gustav Holst composed a suite dedicated to the known planets of the solar system, entitled “The Planets”.   It was comprised of seven individual pieces ranging from Mercury to Neptune (excluding Earth), ordered by distance from the sun.  Clearly he had written this opus prior to the discovery of Pluto in [...]

The History of WTH (part 30): Reality

Reality was the first song that Chuck wrote the lyrics to. It resides in the second position on the Chicanery album. This was clearly our smoothest song to date.
This song started out as a jam that I recorded on Aaron’s old 4-track (which I had acquired from him). Chuck and I had been [...]