Banter:

Ramblings of a philosophical nature, or just plain ol’ rants.

September
11
2011

Who Killed Folk Music?

We pull off the road, exhilarated from the ride and parched. Mouths drier than a Brit’s wit. I’m talking dry here. Kelly, Brian and I have not been on the road long, but it’s been busy. A lot of blind, off-camber turns and traffic have taken a little bit of a toll. A cold Coors [read more...]

August
26
2011

Death Takes a Holiday Rambler

I’ve just wolfed down a killer Klondike Bar, dark chocolate mind you, that is sitting rather heavy on the 4 extra dry martinis I made for myself tonight. Look, don’t let the headline scare you, I’m just experimenting tonight. I’ve spent the last couple of months writing pablum for the masses. Headlines and short snippets [read more...]

May
14
2011

Decompression Stop

First of all, apologies for the deadness of this blog of late. To be honest, I’m apologizing to myself as I find this sort of writing very soothing and I’ve missed it. As many of you know I’ve been back among the workforce, writing copy for a product on Bing called MSN Answers. If you [read more...]

January
28
2011

The Northwest Vibe

Okay, before I start hearing choruses of “We’ve heard this” “It’s not always about Nirvana” and other comments, let me just say this: this ain’t your Entertainment Tonight version of the vibe. Fair? Okay, let me continue. I’ll be the first one to admit it, when we first moved out here and I could wear [read more...]

January
9
2011

Civility and Reason Murdered for the Ratings

Like most of us, the events in this past week have affected me deeply. And, like most of us, I wanted answers and accountability. Before I hit the “eye for an eye” stage though, I decided to stop reading the accounts and do some thinking. This country has never been what you could call a [read more...]