I’d never heard of Christopher Hitchens until sometime last year while doing research for my next book. The Music Book had been out for a while and I was originally thinking my next work would be a collection of short stories based around holidays. I’d written a few already and one, Condoms on Christmas, had Read More …
A few years ago the DJs from the Mens Room on KISW partnered with Elysian Brewing to create a beer, Mens Room Original Ale, and they asked their listeners to participate in a contest to be the spokesperson for the beer. All one had to do was create a thirty second video featuring the beer Read More …
Religion reared its ugly head in Brussels on Tuesday. 31 dead to my knowledge, a great many more injured physically and mentally. It’s a tragedy. So many lives needlessly cut short and/or altered forever because a lunatic with a belief in the imaginary had a bomb. And by imaginary, I mean a divine warrant. The Read More …
A few people have asked in the last few months why I haven’t been writing, and I can see their point of view. I don’t post as many music articles on Northwest Music Scene these days. My blog has been inactive, my Twitter and Facebook accounts relatively subdued. Musicians have asked about it, friends, people Read More …
Here are some of the interviews I’ve done about The Music Book. 1. King 5 New Day Northwest with Margaret Larson “very successful at transporting [the reader] to that world…captures the power of music…a really entertaining book” –Margaret Larson 2. On the True Fidelity show on NWCZ “It’s a really cool book.” –Darrell Fortune Read More …
Here’s a list of some kind things people have had to say about The Music Book. 1. Innocent Words reviews The Music Book “O’Leary digs deep into the essence and value of a perfectly strummed guitar chord, the power of a hook in the chorus, and how music can lead to moments far more intimate Read More …
Here are a few posts I’ve done for the blogs of other authors. 1. Writing about finding home on 9/11 while in Korea for author Arleen Williams “It was work, living, life, and I even had the thought somewhere over the Pacific with a beer in one hand and a coffee in the other that Read More …
Until recently, I’d only read two of Hemingway’s books, The Sun Also Rises and The Old Man and the Sea, and I was good with that. I never felt the urge to read more of him as there were other writers I preferred, but friend from the pub is a big fan, mentions Hemingway frequently, Read More …
The summer before my sophomore year in high school, I went with Jim to a guitar store, Williams Music on High Street just north of Columbus. Jim played bass, and he had a band that was looking for a second guitar player. It was just your typical high school cover band. They played Iron Maiden Read More …
Innocent Words Magazine had a few nice words to say about The Music Book: “O’Leary digs deep into the essence and value of a perfectly strummed guitar chord, the power of a hook in the chorus, and how music can lead to moments far more intimate than sex.” Read the full review: Innocent Words reviews Read More …