The DJ Rollie D Story

This year, I was lucky enough to go visit my Grandparents in Washington State.  It was the first time I'd seen my Grandmother since 2008, and the first time seeing my Grandfather since around 2002 or 2003.  It seems weird that I'm saying that, as generally you see your grandparents more often than once every ten to fifteen years, but distance and time has prevented things for the most part.  The train ride there and back wasn't quite the best (33 hours on the way there and about 35 on the way back), but pretty much every thing in between was absolutely amazing, right on down to the basic things such as the food and views.  There are plenty of pictures on Facebook to check out, and I couldn't quite share all my favorites. However, while I was out on this neat little road trip, there was a place I had hoped to be that I wasn't able to make.  It's a place I've been going for the last ten years, and even though I'm doing my best to get there the week af...

Israeli indie pop band Lola Marsh is relatively new to the music scene, having just released one album and an EP thus far.  Formed in Tel Aviv, their album released last year, Remember Roses has been spotted by me in several of the stations I've volunteered for.  The band has a nice sound to them, led by amazing vocals from lead vocalist Yael Shoshana Cohen and a warm diverse instrumentation to back her up.  They're really good at what they do, and I'm hoping they'll put out another album or two in the years to come. There's a song on the back end of Remember Roses that really speaks to me, enough that I recognized it as #4 on my Top 10 Songs of 2017 list last December.  In the song, Shoshana Cohen sings about an island in Southern Italy that "Looks like Louisana", where "A gentle breeze moves the white sheets on the terrace so tenderly", and it "Feels like the south, where time lasts forever".  These dreamy lyrics are put again...

As some of you may know, drumming is one of my favorite hobbies.  From the time I got my first drum set back at the young age of 7, to now when I'm busy tapping away on an app on my phone to tracks on Spotify, and including my time playing with the Cherry School Sr. High and Jazz bands from 2015-16, grabbing a set of sticks and playing the drums has always been one of my favorite things to do. I don't think I could play any different instruments.  I mean, I have learned how to keep a beat with some of the auxiliary percussion instruments such as the tambourine and the shakers, and I would absolutely LOVE to learn how to play the banjo and the bass guitar (but not the regular guitar because too many people play it already), but the drums are still by and large my favorite instrument to play. There are lots of drummers out there too, some of whom I am lucky enough to know and will forever appreciate.  Musically, nothing beats hearing the drums played live in ...

So, there comes a time in life where we feel like we need to share things that we've been keeping to ourselves for the longest time.  Perhaps it's something we've told just one friend about, but other than that it's unknown to the general world. My friend Lindsey and I first decided to do a collaborative blog post early last month.  We tossed around multiple ideas for prompts to follow, some hers and some mine.  Eventually, she decided to challenge me to confess some unpopular opinions, and I challenged her back.  You can check out her blog post about unpopular opinions  right here These opinions are solely my own, and do not represent KAXE/KBXE, KRFF, Walmart, or Holiday in any way shape or form.  They are also not meant to offend, rather it's just me sharing some things I hold true.  We may not agree, but please no attacking each other in the comments section if you choose to comment. For starters, I have a strong dislike of doing something the...