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I am a professional writer with more than 15 years experience penning articles for a variety of publications and websites. My interests include music, sports, politics, art, self-care and exercise. I've written for Consequence of Sound, Paste Magazine, Montana Magazine, the Montana Standard, Great Falls Tribune, OPNoobs.com, NextBop and others. I also have experience with HTML, CSS and JavaScript. I have used several different web-design platforms such as WordPress and Drupal. I've written two books on Montana history, "The Cabbage Patch" and "The Unforgettable M&M."
When Sonya Battermann was a small girl growing up on Oregon Avenue in Butte, her mother bought her a used guitar from a pawn shop. The guitar was missing several strings, yet Battermann found a way to master it anyhow. She thought nothing of it because overcoming obstacles was a skill she perfected out of necessity.
That said, if you go into listening to This Wild Willing, Glen Hansard's fourth solo album, expecting to hear anything tonally similar to Once, you'll be sorely disappointed. Not because the album is bad, but because Hansard himself says in the liner notes that it's an album that reflects his time with The Frames more than it does his previous solo outputs.
The title of Andrew Bird's new album, My Finest Work Yet, may seem presumptuous, even if almost every artist believes their latest work could be their best. But this album is a strong installment from the indie artist from Illinois, and it may just be worthy of the title.
The first thing you notice when you hear Kate Davis perform is that while she's young, only 23, she carries herself as an old soul with that indescribable "it" factor. Beyond that, she's also like a quilt with many intriguing layers.
Standup comedians are some of America's biggest defenders of freedom of the First Amendment. Many comics use their platform to talk about subjects that nobody else either has the courage to discuss or the freedom due to fear of retribution.
It's no secret that some of the biggest indie video-game darlings the past few years have come from single-person developer studios -- titles like Axiom Verge, Undertale, or Dust: An Elysian Tale, for example. All critically acclaimed and loved by all sorts of players, these entries all had that indie charm while also showing off excellent mechanics and intriguing stories.
By now you've likely heard the news that Chris Cornell, lead singer of Soundgarden and Audioslave, most notably, died at age 52 of an apparent suicide. If you haven't I recommend checking out the eloquent obituary in the New York Times here.
Nearly any college graduate knows that finding a job right out of school can sometimes be a daunting prospect. For me, it took at least six months to find a job, and it took at least four or five i...
Comedian Reggie Watts is a successful comedian, but much of his story is largely a mystery. What do people really know about him? We know: He's tall.2. He has an afro.3. His afro makes him taller.4. He's funny - Steve Martin funny.5. He sings haunting genre-bending melodies.6. He speaks French.7.