It's been a long, dark journey. My Psychic sidekick told me I needed to write a book. And it's ambitiousness appealled to me. Not m...

We give thanks, everyday, for specific people in our lives-- we visualize them clearly. We also send psychic hexes to our enemies, it's ...

Jet lag offers a window of laziness. It takes a while for the music I make to catch up with the music I listen to, it takes years. By that t...

Came home to a prototype Jackson 7 string. Neck through, EMGs, real Floyd Rose, Soloist body... Jesus, I almost had one of these custom-made...

On the tour bus from Montreal to Toronto, 1-8am. Arriving in a daze, there's that moment before passing out, when the rest of the world ...

Maybe I don't hear what others hear, but I really love the sound of early 90s, lo-fi Black Metal. I dont care about the politics and i...

We are Backdivers who have surrendered to our fears, embraced the flames, and have already started the lengthy questioning proccess. DP Thi...

In March I went with Alex to see Carcass in Cleveland. I think it was March. They were funnier and tighter than I expected. Mike Ammot took ...

I took an opportunity to drink when it presented itself. Tried to see Dead Weather and I wasn't on the guest list-- O golly gee! So I c...

I posted on my Twitter page that I'm a guitar-take factory. I only have a few hours at night to crank it out so it's slow going. I...

Just watched the Dimevision DVD and had a good laugh at his fireworks wake-up call for guests. I have a corner hotel room here in Ottowa, so...

Wolves In The Throne Room, Gojira, Neurosis and Amon Amarth played and I missed them all. I missed them all!

Went to the Herman Nisch exhibit in Vienna. It seemed very complicated and perverse. At 4am I took a walk along the river in Belfort, France...

I did my first tour in 1985, but it was a short one. Of all the time I've spent in Europe, this is my first time to Prague. The rain is ...

Encouraged by the motions of the clouds, we turned our attention to the coolies and hipster wimps. Despite ourselves we hover amongst them w...

All Tomorrow’s Parties is celebrating 10 Years of ATP, kicking off with a special 10th Birthday festival on December 11 - 13!
 We will be ce...

Here I am in Zagreb, Croatia, finally updating the blog no one reads. During my 8.5 hour flight from Chicago to Frankfurt I had something pr...

SLINT to feature in new All Tomorrow's Parties film Slint feature alongside Belle And Sebastian, Sonic Youth, Portishead, Daniel Johnsto...

Here's an ancient picture of me in 1984, in the basement of the "punk house" in Louisville, KY. I don't want to discuss my...

Haven't updated this blog in so long-- not because I haven't wanted to. But because ithe domain name expired and I've been ...