http://bignoisybug.com The place to be, when you have nowhere else to go... Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:08:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One of my favorite albums of all time is Bruce Springsteen's "The Wild, the Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle." His first album--the one that would later produce a string of hits for Manfred Mann--hadn't sold so well, and the band was reduced to making its next record in a ... http://bignoisybug.com/archives/11 I went out yesterday and bought myself a pair of ice skates. I haven't owned my own skates since I was a child, although my friends and I spent about three years of our high school existence hitting the Oak Lawn Ice Arena every Friday night. As an aside, this was ... http://bignoisybug.com/archives/9 I read that Johnny Frigo died this week. He was 90 years old, so I guess it wasn't unexpected. Don't worry if you don't know who he was. I didn't either, until he showed up to perform for us a couple of years ago in one of my live sound ... http://bignoisybug.com/archives/8 Before you all go lynching me for demanding higher gas prices, hear me out. As someone who drives 54 miles or so round trip to work each day, I'm no fan of overpaying at the pump. It grinds my gears every time I spend 40 bucks or more to fill ... http://bignoisybug.com/archives/6 Lately it seems that you can’t swing a dead radio career around here without hitting something labeled “Don Imus.” As much as I’m loathe to jump on the bandwagon on any particular issue (I shouldn't have to jump, as I consider the bandwagon to be my more-or-less permanent home—comfortably furnished ... http://bignoisybug.com/archives/5 I have to admit—my position on the Iraq war has been taking a waffling lately. It wasn't always that way. In the beginning, I was steadfast in my belief that not having an Iraq war was absolutely the right course of action, yet lately, I've been watching as everyone from ... http://bignoisybug.com/archives/4