My Addiction

Believe it or not, it isn’t cannabis.

I am addicted to light, and specifically, capturing it. I’ve become a compulsive amateur photographer.

This happened rather suddenly, though the roots went down a long time ago. In 1988, my father sent me off for a semester in India with his 1960s Ricoh 35mm. Complete with a hot-shoe-mounted light meter, that sweet little two pound metal beast accompanied me all over the world’s biggest democracy for four months. I took a ton of disposable tourist crap and a few well-composed and decently-metered shots. I had no idea what I was doing. I pretty much still don’t.

Blog About Your Blog Being Blogged

The Hook posted a nice snippet on my return to the literary fold.

Big thanks, you guys.

NOTE: Cripsy’s Crawl ran until summer ’02 – not ’01 as the article claims.

Ripples in the Pond

Sweet! Within 48 hours of this site’s inception, squidtank at cvilleMUSE.com hooked up a link to the Cripsy’s Crawl Archive. I’m somebody, I’m special, and dang it, people LIKE ME.

Thanks cVillainMUSEstyle. Blog is not a dirty word. It’s just a silly word.

Cripsy Archive Online

Fans of old-school turn-of-the-century rock journalism may want to check out the Cripsy’s Crawl Archive. Although it only contains a year and a half of the columns, it’s pretty good for a chuckle or two. The bands page shows a complete listing of all the acts I covered in that span, with links to articles that mention them. If you find a dead link, please let me know.