I was gonna rant about how Kill Hannah Canceled one of their biggest reoccurring shows because their front man is on Broadway, but that’s old news at this point (and can’t for the life of me find the draft) Due to the recent dearth of good shows/ depression on my part/ general life intervention, things have been numbingly slow around here.
So I figured I’d start on these non-review posts
How about a little “Who are you and why re you doing this?”
I’m Arin. I live just outside of Chicago, which is the best city on earth, particularly when it comes to one of my two big passions: Music (the other being writing, funny how they go together). In my other life, I’m an author of a few fantasy/urban novels, and a bunch of sci-fi short stories. (Not so published yet. Depressing.) When I was a kid, this wasn’t what i wanted, I wanted to be a rock star, still do, but i’ve recognized its not really my calling-- no talent in that arena. What I do have though is an overabundance of passion for music-- all sorts of genres too, though rock/metal are my pet-genres. I’ve ben going to concerts for most of my life at this juncture (from the time i was 3, but more seriously when i hit 14) I do it for the energy and for the people who’ve changed my life. I know a lot of people say that but for me it is really true, the music that I’m passionate about profoundly affects my life. There are literally songs that have saved my life.
Music is my driving force without any exaggeration.
Well yeah, you and a bunch of teenagers, but what makes you so special?
I also write, that's my other big passion. I started that around the same age I started on music-- i ‘wrote’ my first book at 3. It was a 5 page thing the size of a post-it pad that was constructed largely because i saw a think on how to make a book out of cardboard and wrapping paper on “3, 2, 1 Contact." dictated to a baby sitter, but it was there. I’ve been trying to write ever since. First novel was written at 15, you get the gist. I was born doing two things-- writing and listening to music.
I figured out-- after much insistence/ persistence that i did not, in fact, have any talents worthy of the stage and while I pretended to move on it away stung. I wanted to be up there, dammit. Bin back stage was NOT cutting it. Once I got through college and got on my feet, i was set loose on the city of Chicago. It took me a few years to figure out that i should turn my post concert critiques into something constructive, but one i did it became a self feeding habit. I needed the concerts for the blog, I needed the blog to keep me hunting when I got depressed.
And thus, a new outlet for my addiction was born.
So that’s why I’m here, in short-- I have an addiction to feed.
