Here I am, listening to some old killer Jan Hammer Miami Vice soundtrack in my studio. I'm drinking a good local WI brew and reminiscing/trying to live in the moment. Getting a little teary listening to "Crockett's return". A lot…
It's been a few years since I've written a blog post. There is a reason for this... not that anyone ever reads this shit. Get over the language if you are a "religious" hypocrite. Listen man, my friend and bass…
So it’s been awhile since I’ve written a blogpost. Well, a lot has happened. Let’s start at the beginning. After the rock band Rhinocerotic burned up with parts flying everywhere, my trajectory shifted to a solo musician…
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So there I was… The last day of 2016. Man, it’s been a crazy year. Some of it was foreseen and some just crazy out of the blue stuff! All of it was life changing… all of it. Unfortunately we…
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The summer has passed quickly. The U2Zoo experience is still new but promising. Singing in a tribute band is definitely not the same as a cover band. There is a lot of… Read more
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Now this might sound more like a sermon or something of that nature. It's not. It's still a blogpost but with an extraordinary story. Two weeks ago I was wondering how I could get…
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A New Chapter. Everything has changed… and that’s fine. I’ve been out of the music scene for a year due to the adoption and all that goes with it. Rhinocerotic is permanently put to rest due to the…
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4/17
It's 3:18 in the morning partly on the way to Korea. There is turbulence and I'm watching Macbeth. I do not care for turbulence and do get quite nervous. I'm sure I'm not…
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4/16
Time travel. It's what we do when traveling from one end of the world to the other.
We met a very nice women named Marie who must be some sort of manager here. We…
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4/15
This is our last full day in Manila. Pool day! As far as I'm concerned, the hotel pool is the best place in Manila. No, this is not the most exciting blogpost. Yes, there…
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4/14
We woke up around 6am, which has become the normal time here, and looked out at the hazy port of Manila. The air quality is quite bad with both air and noise pollution. Did…
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4/13
Today is all about the Inter-Country Adoption Board. We woke up early again and headed down for the breakfast buffet. I still felt a bit full after the crispy pata last night. Joshua…
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4/12
It is both Joshua's birthday and the day that he leaves SP. Talk about intense. Writing this at 5AM. None of us can sleep. I hope it gets light soon.
We all…
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4/11
Hope I don't get too deep on this one...
(The last day at Samaritans Place)
It was morning after another good night of sleep. Seems like waking up around 6AM is becoming normal…
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4/10
We woke up around 6AM for breakfast and church at 8. We were so excited that Samaritans Place had their own jeepney and we were able to ride in it to church with the…
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4/9 I was awoken by sirens, constant barking dogs, whistles, and crazy traffic horns. This is at 6:15 AM mind you... ah Manila. We had quite the view of Manila bay but apparently there was some kind of running event…
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Here goes (long series of adventures in the Philippines, sort of real time):
4/8
An early morning limo ride to O'Hare started our day.
Man... just a little bit of nerves but having a driver was a killer way to…
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There has been a lot of death in my life lately. A band mate, feels like my youth sometimes, certain attitudes, and the freedom to do whatever I want whenever I want (that sounds horrible eh?) but that's OK.… Read more
So how does a 40 something rock dude go from the daily grind of an indie musician with a day job to a Philippine teenagers dad in just under two years? Right…I didn’t see any of this coming just a…
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