by Charles Norman | Sep 7, 2014 | Features
What is it about relationships? At the beginning, you feel like the king of the fuckin’ universe. By the time it ends, you feel like a bucket of puke. And why do we always picture the Other Person as a glass of milk? You stalk her on Facebook, check her Twitter feed,...
by Charles Norman | Aug 31, 2014 | Features, Guest Posts
Welcome back cats, kittens, lovers and other strangers. It’s me again. Milkshake. The cat. Well, it finally happened. The Food Guy put Fluffy and me into our pet carriers, packed us into the back seat of his car, and drove us all from the little town of LaGrange,...
by Charles Norman | Jul 30, 2014 | Guest Posts, Off the Wall
Welcome back cats, kittens, lovers and other strangers. It’s me again. The cat. You may have noticed that The Food Guy is not exactly a prolific blogger these days. He’s in one of his moods again. He hasn’t been listening to new music. He just sits around and...
by Charles Norman | Jul 1, 2014 | Features
My dad rose from the couch and stomped across the room to the television. Ignoring the announcer’s exhortation – “Don’t touch that dial!” – he dialed through the three channels that beamed out from Nashville to our home in the hills of the Upper Cumberland. Channel 4,...
by Charles Norman | Jun 22, 2014 | Off the Wall
OK, cats, kittens, lovers and other strangers. Let’s see if we can use Bandcamp’s New Arrivals to stitch together a mood. What mood should we dial in tonight? Let’s crank up the Wayback Machine and set the controls to Nostalgia and the bittersweet...