I’m prone to saying we are in the “end-times” and “something’s up.” Many around me (my wife most notably) roll their eyes when I do. Every now and then they even convince me, for a few fleeting moments, that I’m being “weird” and “overly-sensitive.” As you wish. I just tried for the third and final [...]
I picked up the two longest living of the “Noonan 4″ from dance class the other night. They asked me to change the station on the car radio from sports talk to music. After initial resistance, I capitulated but insisted we listen to music I like. ‘XRT was playing Bruce Springsteen’s “Promise Land.” Not terrible, [...]
One of the cooler parts of Chicago’s entertainment scene over the past 3 decades, for my money, is 97.9 The Loop. I, like millions, grew up on it. In the 80s and 90s, it absolutely was cutting-edge entertainment. Radio was still in its glory then, and The Loop was at the heart of arguably America’s [...]
How do you use social media? You have a choice in the matter, you know. Is your persona there a force for good, or evil? Or, perhaps worse, neither? Are you a victim or a super hero online? I hope you will create your own reality online. Start today. Facebook and Twitter have replaced the [...]
What do you pay your receptionist or the person who answers the phones in your business? Don’t bother answering, I know. She’s (not being sexist, but the first face who I see or speak to in 90% of the businesses I enter or call is a woman, so…I calls ‘em like I sees ‘em) the [...]
It seems as though if you were a white, skinny teen or pre-teen in the 80s (or was I the only one?), MCA played a role in your youth. I can’t think of anyone who wasn’t blown away with the Beasties and Run D.M.C. when they took the world, thanks to MTV, by storm. The [...]
Henry Rollins has been someone I’ve admired for decades. This video below struck a chord with me, and I hope you dig it as much as I did. It’s hardly classic “Rollins”: If you’re expecting fire and brimstone from the former Black Flag singer, you will not get it here (this time at least). In [...]
I got some pretty shocking news yesterday: A neighbor stopped me in the morning and shared with me that another family in the neighborhood was to lose their mother later in the day. I stood and stared down the street and suddenly felt foolish that I hadn’t figured out that something was up after noticing [...]
Keep Doing What You’ve Done and You’ll Keep Gettin’ What You Got. The TV show “The Middle”? It’s ok, I guess, but it’s a real mind-f@#! for me to see the wife from “Raymond” and the janitor from “Scrubs” raising a family. My kids get a kick out of the goofy looking kid on the [...]
Start Getting Noticed. Put “it” out there and you’d be surprised what happens. Sure your detracters will have a bigger target, but, again, if you give a shit what they think, you’re sunk in the first place anyway. Meanwhile, by NOT putting “it” out there because of insecurities, fear of reprisals, anxiety, whatever, you may miss some [...]
