Night Owl Cards

   One of the interesting elements of returning to listening to current music over the last four or five years is the realization that bands from when I was young are still making music, albums even.   When I stopped keeping up on new releases I guess I just assumed all those '70s and '80s bands and singers stopped playing, too. But, yeah, some of them are still going -- like did you know Robin Trower just released another album? He's 80! Good for him.   Most recently, the band Styx has released an album , it's their 18th. (Two members from the '70s, Tommy Shaw and James Young, are still with the band). The physical copy is available to buy now from the band's website. But it won't hit streaming services and other online sites until next month. That's a cool nod to those who like to own physical media. I suppose a "dinosaur band" would be in tune with that.   My Styx phase was very brief. A few years in high school, that's it.  My introduct...

The Northeast isn't the most culturally diverse place in the country if you don't live in one of the big cities. I've been surrounded by dorky white people all my life. I'm not complaining. After all, I'm one of the DWP myself (what tipped you off? The love of baseball, trading cards or newspapers?). It's just that different cultures take a long time to reach my area, even in the online age. For example, the operator of The Chronicles of Fuji takes time out on his blog to appropriately thank people who have sent him cards. It's an enormous gesture that doesn't get enough credit. Included in the titles of those posts is a familiar, very common, Japanese phrase, "domo arigato," which means "thank you very much" in Japanese. But that is not what I think of when I hear that phrase. If you're a DWP like me, then you already know what I'm going to write. This is what it reminds me of: The most over-the-top arena roc...