August 2010
1 post
I Buy Music
I’m exercising these days.  I get up at 6:30 every morning, which I hate, and pedal on an exercise bike for 50 minutes, which I kind of hate, while reading, which I like and takes my mind off clock watching and the pain in my leg muscles, which I (of course) hate.  I have, however learned to love sweating.  Most folks know me as somewhat, um, burly as I have slowly put on weight since,...
Aug 17th
July 2010
1 post
Ye Olde Gila Monster
Great men and women blaze trails – it’s a sad but true reality that most of us have little choice in how history will remember our names and actions, and the mark of a great man or woman is that they write their own history through the things that they do, things so significant or important that they will in the end have created not only a life but a legacy. As for myself, I fear that I will go...
Jul 2nd
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June 2010
2 posts
Demo listening
We’re demo listening today.  I have likened this activity to watching an amateur ice skating competition.  In principle, you want to lend your support by watching.  The optimist inside you thinks there might be a beautiful performance of grace and style that might stay with you past that day.  The experienced pragmatist inside knows that you’d be lucky to get that, but you must steel...
Jun 15th
A Brief Update
Comments are now enabled on this blog, so interact away! Isn’t the internet amazing? -Carl, web-dude
Jun 2nd
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April 2010
1 post
This is our blog.
Well, nobody can accuse us of being early adopters when it comes to blogging.  Yes, we have a newsletter (which focuses on our bands and releases) as well as the news section of the AKR site, a Twitter feed which also posts to our Facebook page and a MySpace page which predates everything but the newsletter. Still, I needed something a little more personal to get in touch with y’all, not...
Apr 26th
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June 2009
1 post
Jun 8th
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