HardRockChick
My closet is organized like a record store. The metal section is vast: black, spiky, leathered ensembles which, upon close...
The velvet rope, sniffling doorman with a clipboard club scene has never been my thing; that said, I have randomly...
I spend a lot of time thinking about what it means to be a fan. Between Deadheading it around the...
“I followed all the paths Righteous in my heart Slept without the dreams Got lost within myself” ~”Death in the Eyes...
There comes certain junctures in life where parts of your past becomes a stranger, sometimes a welcome one; at other...
It is a strong testament to the power of music that I summoned enough energy to attend this show; not...
I’ve said “this is a once in a lifetime opportunity” to myself an uncountable number of times in my life...
My music education growing up was nearly non-existent. Â A little Willie, a little Waylon, and a whole lot of western...
LA on a quiet night can seem oddly discordant, like the dull underbelly of a bright bug. Â As I drove...
It was a cold December day, and I was standing on a step at the corner of the El Rey’s...
Well, I finally got to write about my favorite band for GRAMMY.com! I left the unedited article before, as a...
Well… this feels weird. It was 3:30am on a drizzly Tuesday morning in San Antonio, TX, and I was standing...
You can read my post on GRAMMY.com. …and the next morning I flew home on Southwest and Duff and his...
If only all shows could be this easy. Exit plane. Take cab to hotel. Thrown bags in room. Take cab...
“Sometimes I feel very sad Sometimes I feel very sad (Can’t find nothin’ I can put my heart and soul...
You can read my piece on GRAMMY.com!
It was Monday night, at that time of year where hot and cold battle each other in the air, and...
“3 shades of black We all like metal and Whiskey! Livin’ Hard and chasin’ down Hell. We’ll never give up...
“She wears a halo of ashes Specter on the wind Waits on me so patiently I no longer can pretend...
“SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!” This is what I wanted to yell at people through about 67.75% of this show; reminding...
“Sensual awakening Numbing feeling’s dead Conception’s romanticised Synthesized broken hearts to bled” ~”No Love Lost”, Carcass I was holding tickets...
You can read the edited version of my piece on GRAMMY.com, or the unedited version below! I have always been...
My piece for GRAMMY.com can be found here. A few more things: -This was ‘musical adventure’ number 666 for me…on...
It had been a while since I had made the voyage eastward to the dingy but somewhat charming Vex. As...
Sometimes you wake up in LA and the city suffocates you. Beyond the smog, we’re a city of passionate people,...
Check out my piece on GRAMMY.com. I will also never return to this venue if I can help it.
