As an idealistic punk kid who grew up idolizing bands like Fugazi, I never imagined that I would someday find myself face-to-face with the next…
When I look in the mirror, I didn’t always like what I see. Sure there are things to like, but none of those things are…
A little over a decade ago, when I’d just graduated college with an accounting degree, I started to question what I was doing with my…
Ever go to a hardcore show and see those weaklings standing on the edges of the pit, just begging to be crowdkilled? Well, this was…
It’s hard being a rich punk. Especially when you’re not rich. So my parents got me a sweater for Christmas. The good news is it…
Life imitates art. Or is that the other way around? Regardless, whichever way it works out just hope that, unlike Bright Eyes, your art doesn’t…
Being a single guy that never left his hometown is great because the babes always come back. And when they do, I nurse these beautiful…
For most people in their twenties, drinking two nights in a row is hardly notable. It’s basically an every-other-day occurrence. While you may get hungover,…
Thirty years. Thirty goddamn years of training, deployments, and countless moves across the world, yet I come home to an entire generation who can’t tell…
It’s the middle of the night. I take my one water glass to the kitchen for a refill, and that’s when I hear it. “Ew,…
Nothing is worse than leaving a job interview that you spent weeks preparing for and wondering if an errant phrasing just blew the whole thing…