Tangents Stories

Hey! Hey! I'm the Micky!

“Hello,” Micky Dolenz says to me, as he walks over. “How are you?” It’s been a couple of years since I've spoken to him. I can tell that he doesn’t remember us meeting and talking in 2015 just as the Monkees were beginning their year-long tour, but I’m not expecting him to. He doesn’t know that I’ve been a fan of him and the Monkees since the MTV revival in 1986. He also doesn’t know that since 2012, I’ve been photographing the Monkees various tours for the band’s Tour Page and other outlets ...

Daniel Romano show review

What kind of America do I live in these days? I go to this show, and I see this band, and they’re rockin’! They got the late ’60s, early ’70s look-and-feel thing down. And I’m like, yeah! Some American kids finally made the rock album that I’ve been waiting for The Strokes to make since 2002. But then I find out that they’re Canadian!! WHOA!!! What is it with those freaky Canuks up there?! They have Daniel Romano and Sloan!?! Note to you American kids: Stop listening to bro-country and start

Chemical Imbalance

​Moderation in all things                                                                            I remind myself again as I find myself overindulging again in fits of temper wallows in despair and dances of joy. One day I’m drunk with love the next sober in loneliness. Drinking too much coffee too much wine too much exercise never enough sleep longing for the weekend grappling with my fears wrestling with my soul. If I ever do achieve moderation I will do doubt take that to the extreme.