As I have never failed to mention in the current incarnation of this space, I'm, like, totally in a band now. The whole thing is a lot of fun--some of the best moments of my life have been interspersed into the past 6 months or so--and I gotta be...

Relaxed on the sunny sidewalk, perched dead-center on a 3x2 meter sheet of white plastic, hands and clothing covered in neon pink paint, I found my mind wandering to all the moments of my life that had led to this set and setting. You see, at the recent movie night...

When I was a kid--well, a smaller, relatively hairless kid--one of my more astute schoolteachers dared ask what the lot of us wanted to be when we grew up. Standard answers abounded: a future firefighter here, an aspiring athlete there, a couple of doctors in the second row, a...

"In order to understand Uprising Chili—I mean really understand it, not just offer the same surface level appreciation that a cop might feel at a RATM show—I feel it is first necessary to consider the nature of leadership. See, lately I've been reading this book by the name of 'The...

When The Pleasant Uprising was fomented a couple of months ago, I had an idea of the amount of work a band would be--after all, I am something of a theater kid, public-facing performances are a JOB--but I'm happy to report that I might have underestimated just how much...

With three (!) show dates for The Pleasant Uprising during this writing period, it's been a whirlwind week for me here in this sunny city by the sea.  I could way overshoot my word count if I even attempted to recount every stop along the road to this week's edition...

All right you fine folks, I'm running on a deadline extension, and we have a lot to get into for this week of "Vibrant Vices," so what say we just jump right in? Sunday 11/5- This week started off in educational fashion, as I made my big debut as headmaster...

Well, this is the edition of "Vibrant Vices" we've all been waiting for since the beginning...the week of The Pleasant Uprising's first big gig has finally come (and passed, but hey...it's the first one, not the last)! Of course, that's Wednesday...before then, we have ample monkeyshines to recount, including... Halloween,...