Blog – Page 29 – JEFF GARVIN

Christmas Is Wherever You Are

December 24, 2012
Music, Personal

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0d4nfpUX7w] In the fall of 2009, my band 7k toured the United States. We left mid-September and didn’t return until Thanksgiving. During those eight weeks, my experience of myself and my life changed. I watched the sun rise over a corn field in Northern...

RPL’s Top 10 Songs for the Apocalypse

December 11, 2012
Music

Maybe the Mayan apocalypse is a joke. Maybe it really is just another Y2K, and we have nothing to fear. But, just in case, I’ve carefully selected ten songs to help you mourn (or celebrate) the end of the world. And, by request of my good friend and fellow blogger Dean, this week, the Rock...

Top 10 Bands You Ought To Be Ashamed You Don’t Know: Part 4 of 4

December 4, 2012
Music

#1 Oingo Boingo The Top 10 Bands You Ought To Be Ashamed You Don’t Know (Or Know Better) #10 Dramarama Dramarama’s angsty romance anthem “Anything, Anything (I’ll Give You)” broke on KROQ in 1985, putting the New Jersey rock outfit on the map and then drawing them out to Los Angeles....

dreams do not break

November 27, 2012
Personal, Writing

dreams do not die but they do know revenge growing in spite when left unattended wild like the weeds that crack the cold concrete deep like the roots that buckle the street dreams do not fade but absorb every hue making waking a pale, monochrome doom blanching blue sky to pasty beige stucco burning...

Now, Is That Gratitude?

November 22, 2012
Personal

I’ve had amazing mentors: my acting guru Cameron Thor, 7k’s producer Eric Rathgeber, and my seventh grade Language Arts teacher Julie Crain, just to name few. When I sat down to write this, I intended to thank them all, but once I started in on my first subject, she quickly took over...

Top Ten Tuesday: Angst, Shame and Silliness

November 20, 2012
Music

Maxeen The Top 10 Bands You Ought To Be Ashamed You Don’t Know (Or Know Better): Part 3 This week, I’m excited to introduce (or re-introduce) you to three pop/rock/alternative acts that keep me reaching to crank up the volume every time they come up on shuffle. #9 The Verve Pipe The first...