To mix things up a bit, I requested an interview outside of my usual musical tastes and talked with Sara Bareilles, the singer, songwriter, pianist, and three-time Grammy Award nominee behind hit singles like “Love …
It may have been a few years since fans have heard from the Swingin’ Utters, but the hard-working quintet are back with a new album that harkens back to the days of classic punk rock …
During the day, Carbondale City Hall is just another city-owned structure in Northeast Pennsylvania listed in the National Register of Historic Places. But as the lights dimmed in the 117-year-old building last Saturday and a …
Jessica Meoni believes she was born in the wrong era. That hasn’t stopped her from trying to make 2011 feel like 1981.
She is the co-coordinator and creative mind behind the Scranton Zine Festival, the city’s …
Many pop punk bands touring today can say that they were influenced by The Ramones, but few can say they knew them personally. The Queers, however, can not only say they were there, but have …
History is usually best left in the past, but there are always those moments in life that you wish you could experience over and over again. Many of mine were spent in cramped basements, smoke-filled …
Rich is a 27-year-old writer, award-winning journalist, part-time blogger, and occasional misanthrope living in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He is a total nerd and co-founder of That Thin Line Productions, which produces entertainment for the web, such as this site and Muckmakers. Obviously, he also enjoys writing profiles in the third person. To learn more, visit the About page.
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When you get the rare opportunity to interview one of the greatest living guitarists in the music business today, even by e-mail, you certainly don’t pass it up, so when I heard “That Little Ol’ …
The barbershop is not a fun place. Maybe in black neighborhoods your local barbershop is like the one portrayed in the movies with Ice Cube and Cedric the Entertainer (which would be nice as long …
While many bands on the Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival are continuing their established acts, Hell or Highwater has given several musicians the chance to Begin Again, as their new album so aptly states.
The hard …
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