I'm still trying to find my identity in the Tampa Bay area. I've got the "you've got to drive everywhere all the time if you want to have any fun and be a part of anything" vibe down, but there's something missing in my overall music making and living experiences in St. Petersburg. The latest rash of confused feelings came to me Saturday night, when I found a review of my band Blast & the Detergent's CD in the April issue of MAXIMUMROCKNROLL. A great, short and earnest review, I was as giddy as a little kid whose parents finally let him get a cotton candy at age 12 for the first time in his life. This nationally distributed, punk as fuck San Francisco based zine spent the time listening to and reviewing my CD. They even chose my hand drawn album art to be displayed for eternity in the review section of their April 2009.
But wait, there's more!
This article appears in Apr 1-7, 2009.