Before we dive in, a note: today’s post shifts toward model-building and sci-fi—in particular, the ever-expanding world of Star Trek, another interest of mine. It’s a different kind of creativity, but still one that reaches for something beyond ourselves: vision, story, and beauty that stirs the imagination. I grew up seeing Star Trek starships asContinueContinue reading “Beyond the Build: A Different Conversation with Bill Krause”
Category Archives: Stories & Sound
Wilderado’s “Bad Luck”: A Portrait of Restlessness
I’m not entirely sure whose voice speaks through Wilderado’s “Bad Luck,” but it sketches a character I found hard to ignore. I wrote this lyrical breakdown to explore that. I’ve followed the band since 2018 when I first heard “You Don’t Love Me” on their Favors EP. That track stood out for its honest portrayal of aContinueContinue reading “Wilderado’s “Bad Luck”: A Portrait of Restlessness”
Book Review: “The Sicilian” by Mario Puzo
Don’t you love how our minds work? How one thing leads to another? It happened recently. A couple of months ago, I started a Francis Ford Coppola kick. I re-watched Apocalypse Now, with Marlon Brando brooding in the jungle and all. That led me back to The Godfather, another well-known performance of his. That, ofContinueContinue reading “Book Review: “The Sicilian” by Mario Puzo”
The Heart in the Suitcase
It all started when I went looking for a clean, high-res version of a logo U2 used on their album All That You Can’t Leave Behind. Just a little graphic for a side project. Nothing major.But the search turned into something richer. Before I get to that—here’s the logo I found (see above). There’s somethingContinueContinue reading “The Heart in the Suitcase”
That Time I Got Schooled by a Guitar Nerd
| Guest post by Git from Miss’a’sippi | So there I was, a hotshot college freshman at Miss’a’sippi State University, feelin’ like I’d just conquered the world by learning how to microwave a burrito without it exploding. Life was good. I had my hoodie, my flip phone, and a vast, complex understanding of 90s rockContinueContinue reading “That Time I Got Schooled by a Guitar Nerd”
Veni. Vidi. Scripsi. 