Rants and Ravings of a Misguided Dreamer and Observer
Salutations™!! As you may or may not know, Dear Reader, I have written this blog “every day” (at least FOR every day) since November 1, 2014. That was right after, well a month and a half after, my honeymoon. I did the Rolling Stone Top 500 Albums of All Time list (the 2012 list that…
Salutations™!! Let me start by saying that the number in the title has nothing to do with what I’m going to say here. I tallied up my totals for my podcast episodes. The last I checked, in September, it was 2186. As of today, I have produced or co-produced 2281 episodes. So 95 since September…
Salutations™!! Today, I learned some very sad news. Finnigan’s Wake will be closing its doors permanently on October 30. Finnigan’s Wake is THE reason the Arts District in Downtown Winston-Salem exploded in to ’00s. Yes, there were other now-staples such as Sweet Potatoes and 6th & Vine, but none had the impact that Fins did….
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Salutations™!! Fridays are networking days for me as I am part of The Best Damn Referral Group, or TBD as we call it. But, that’s not the network I’m talking about this week. I am always talking about all the TLD Network shows, but not about the network itself. Let’s run them down: The Less…
Salutations™!! On The Beer Dads last night, we talked about the Cleveland Indians changing their name starting next season. We talk about the Washington Football Team doing that but being much less efficient at doing it. We get in the weeds about how money rules everything, which it does. It’s an interesting conversation. Check it…
Salutations™!! Dear Reader, it’s hard for me admit when I’m overwhelmed. Very hard for me to admit. But, here I am admitting it. I think I’m overwhelmed. I have always been a completist. I want to finish the things I start. I want to keep streaks alive. I want to do lists. I want to…
Salutations™!! Tonight, The BCPF and I were able to get together with The Joneses, The Lowders, The Verners, and “Our Jim” Young at one of my favorite restaurants in town, Diamondback Grill. We have all spent time together in our yard, socially distanced, but not in a restaurant (at least not all of us) since…
Salutations™!! Since yesterday was my parents’ anniversary and my anniversary for being in WSNC, I didn’t get to piggyback the podcasts. On The Man Who Ate the Town, Ray and I talked with Chef Eric Brownlee of The Katharine Brasserie and Bar about coming to WSNC, his French-style cooking techniques, his plans for the Katharine’s…
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Salutations™!! Today, we did something different on The Less Desirables Network “Monday” shows. We were actually back in the studio!! I guess I should say: The Less Desirables Studios in The lab at Industry Hill. Now, okay, The Man Who Ate the Town was still done via Zoom, but I was in the studio to…
Salutations™!! I’ve been saying, at least for the last couple of years, that I had around 1300-1400 podcast episodes under my belt. I figured that was being generous to myself. Today, I got a wild hair and went through all my archives of the podcasts I had accumulated and counted through them, worked out some…
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