i miss you jean jean

i don't really plan on making sad posts a common thing, but this one is going to be one. well, maybe not sad per se but a bit of a downer. this is an open letter to jeanna, a close friend/sister that i lost back in march. i still don't think i've fully come to grasp that i won't see her again, even months later. i miss you jean jean. lately you've been on my mind more and more and i felt compelled to write all of this down. to understand how close we are (i don't think i'll ever be able to use the past tense), i've known her since i was 12 and she was my best friend's sister so basically my sister. the entire brown family is my family. i...

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punching writer's block in the throat

so if you've ever had to deal with writer's block, you know how much it sucks. constantly wanting to write something down, to get your emotions on paper but every time you try nothing comes to mind...it's one of the worst feelings. writing, even my crappy songs, keeps me from going insane because otherwise, i don't talk about my emotions...ever. ask the gf how hard it is to get me to talk, she'll back me up on that last statement. so maybe some of you are wondering, so what? you can't write, what's the big deal? it's not like it's your day job or something. well writing is my therapy and writer's block keeps me from having said therapy so things start building up, it's not good. and once things start building up, my brain does this weird thing where it'll take the smallest negative thought...

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i've got a soundcloud

so as some of you probably know, i've been talking about doing an acoustic EP/LP for quite a while. it's not anywhere close to being a reality but i've at least made a step forward in it...i've made a sound cloud account! you can check it out here if you're so inclined. i'm using the moniker Urban Electric Company, I saw it on a building once and liked it. the sound cloud account doesn't seem like much of a step, but i'm really self-conscious about my songs. i think they all suck so this is my way of putting my demos out there for public ridicule. it's also a way for me to listen through the songs and make mental notes (and actual notes on the sound cloud track itself which is neat) to try and improve on the good parts instead of just throwing the songs away like i do normally. all...

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the man, the myth, the legend.........the jort king

so hef and i were joking about me making a post about his mullet and jorts and then i realized....too funny not to. for those that don't know, hef is one of my best friends. if he had a blog, he'd be down there in the bottom right corner with kyle (chowlb). the dude is awesome. helped me through a lot of personal crap, played in bands with him for the closer part of forever, been lucky enough to call him a best friend for closer to 10 years now,  so here you go, good sir, a blog post about your mullet and jorts. the infamous mullet. if he didn't have that crap yankees hat on, it'd be magnificent the jorts. i wish i could pull...

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