TODAY! Headed back up to Mackey's Hideout for an acoustic afternoon from 3-6. Come join me if you can!

A bit of one of my favorite sad bastard songs, Benjamin Tod's "Wyoming." TONIGHT: The Red Door in LaPorte, IN from 6-8 SUNDAY: Mackey's Hideout in McHenry, IL from 3-6 youtube.com/shorts/3-EdA...

Stressed, struggling, and broke but I've hit the gym every day this week. 4 days of cardio, 3 days of lifting. Haven't done that in years.

TONIGHT! 10-56 Brewing in Knox, IN from 5:30-8:30. Come out and join me for a beer!

Coffee and donuts with my biggest baby niece. Makes my heart happy.

Put up a demo of a new original on my Patreon yesterday. You can hear it for $5 on top of the years of previously posted tracks and videos that are exclusive. Check it out if you're able at the link in my profile. TONIGHT: Radius-Crown Point from 7-10

This song by @jamesgedda.bsky.social makes me happy. I keep thinking how cool it will be to wake up and see the obituary. I will buy the physical paper.. open.spotify.com/track/1uGZIq...

Maybe my busiest January for gigs ever, with a couple more stops this week! WEDNESDAY: The Red Door 6-8 FRIDAY: Radius-Crown Point 7-10 My first two weekends of February are still wide open, so if you're in need of music anywhere in or around Chicagoland let me know!

Excited to get out of town for a few days and do some picking with my brother Matt Moran out in Kansas! If you're in the area for either of these shows, come join us!

First stop of the weekend is the lovely August Hill Winery in Utica, IL! 3:30-6:30

I've been under the weather most of this week, but I'm feeling good and I'm ready for a busy weekend of work!

ACAB, all day every day. But ICE is so blatantly incompetent and actively malevolent that it's become something of a PR layup for standard issue shitty police departments.

If you use the word "illegals" to describe human beings, you're a piece of shit, your opinion is worth nothing, and the world would be a better place if you didn't wake up tomorrow.

Here's where to find me this month! Gonna be putting in work! TONIGHT: Aloft in South Bend, IN from 8-10 Eastern SUNDAY: Anderson's Winery and Vineyard in Valparaiso, IN from 2-5 See y'all out there!

Lifted weights for two hours then destroyed three chili cheese dogs because I contain multitudes

Thanks so much to Tom Lounges for naming South of Mars as #4 in his Top 10 Albums of 2025! High praise and kind words from a great friend and supporter.

TONIGHT! I'll be joining my friend Tom Lounges on Lakeshore Public Media to talk about South of Mars. Tune in if you can!

I've owned Hollow Knight on multiple platforms for years now and I'm kicking myself that it's taken me this long to really get into it.

It was a good year of gigs! Hopefully 2026 is even better! I'll be welcoming the new year picking and singing tomorrow night at the VFW in Dyer IN, so come join me if you can.

Got a new Dutch oven for Christmas. Breaking it in with chicken and dumplings.

This timeline is pretty rough obviously, but at least we don't live in a world where they made a feature film out of the Key & Peele substitute teacher sketch and I think we all need to be thankful for that.

TONIGHT! Headed to Social 45 in Frankfort, IL to do some picking alongside my buddy @jasonbenefield.com from 7:30-10:30. See y'all there!

I hope you and yours had a happy holiday! I know me and mine did. But it's back to work tonight at Broken Hearts in Chicago w/ The Big Breakfast! Doors at 8, $5 to get in! Come dance that Christmas dinner off!

Coming back downstairs to eat more after having to sleep for an hour in my childhood bed due to being a fat bastard:

TODAY! Headed into Chicago to pick and holler at Fuller's Pub from 5-7. See y'all there!

The best holiday song is "Holly, Carol, Candy & Joy" by JD McPherson and frankly no one talks about it enough.

CHICAGO FRIENDS! Bringing The Big Breakfast back to Broken Hearts Bar a week from tonight. Make plans to come join us and dance off that Christmas dinner.

Missing warm weather, a busy schedule, and full band gigs! Going solo this weekend, though. SATURDAY: Bennetts Pub & Play Lowell, IN 7-10 SUNDAY: Fuller's Pub Chicago, IL 5-7 See y'all out there!

South of Mars has been out 3 weeks! Thanks to everyone who's listened so far! Purchased CD copies will be in the mail soon. What's your favorite song on the album?

"How come you're not in Nashville, man?" Oh, friend, it's because I like getting paid when I play a show.

TONIGHT! Back at The Red Door in LaPorte from 6-8! Great food and killer cocktails here, so come join me if you can.

In case ya didn't know, I've been running a Patreon for a few years now. Every week I put up a new performance video, and every month I put up a new song. It might be a demo of a new original, a live recording, or occassionally an early listen to a new track. $5 gets you in!

A problem I routinely run into in this line of work is keeping a steady pace with booking. I'll be busy as hell in summer/fall and so I won't send out as many booking inquiries, which leads to slow, broke winters like this one. Wish I could afford to have someone do it for me.

I doubled my lifetime sales on Bandcamp just from yesterday alone. Got some real kind donations, too. Thank you, friends. It means a lot to have such a big support system.

Please consider buying some music or merch on this Bandcamp Friday. Or sign up for the Patreon. Thanks, friends.

@giantbomb.bsky.social Been a GB fan since 2011, and this year ended up as one of my favorites in the history of the site. Here's to bigger and better in 2026, duders!

At a certain point, using Spotify at all feels like feeding the beast that's killing the music industry. But in terms of measuring my growth as an artist and how many folks are hearing my silly little sad songs, this makes me happy.

I've never really understood the idea of "people should have to work for a living!" None of us asked to be here, and none of us know when we're leaving. And yet we're supposed to sell away half of our time to... generate revenue? Fuck off.

Here's where to find me in December! Things are slowing down, but there's still a few more chances to catch me before the year is out. If you're looking for music on any of the days not listed here, please send me a message!

Just found out I had a big rip right under the butt of my one good pair of gig pants. I found this out after hearing several people laugh behind me as I was packing up from my gig. Hell of a feeling to have as a self conscious fat guy.

I understand sports betting has always been a thing. But advertising sports betting & how you can do it from your phone should absolutely be illegal. I detest sports as a whole & I still get those fucking ads all the time everywhere. It's predatory, ever-present, & disgusting.

It's got to be Sleeping Around, I put it on loop for a bit after i listened to the full album a few days ago.

I think “Townes” is the best song but “Thick as Thieves” is my favorite. I’m a sucker for a song about sex that has a drive to it.

South of Mars has been out for a week! Thanks to everyone that's listened so far! What's your favorite song on the album? TONIGHT: Aloft South Bend 8-10 (Eastern) SUNDAY: Riverlands Brewing Sunday Storyteller Sessions 1-4 See y'all out there!

Canva gets less usable every god damn week.

In good company here!

#musicsky Last week’s radio show- tune in Thursdays, 9pm on radiogeorgetown.org

I'm ready for turkey, gravy, & dressing tomorrow. But today I still got some work to do! Join me at The Red Door in LaPorte for good cocktails, good food, and good tunes! Thanks to everybody that's listened to South of Mars so far! Give it a spin today if you haven't yet!

My friend Pancho had some real kind words to say about the new record! Give his review a read here: panchospicks.com/2025/11/21/j...