: About Me

I am currently a senior at Ohio University, majoring in journalism. Once I graduate, my goal is to write for a major college basketball program. I have written for "The Post" (OU's student newspaper), imaginaryhardwood.com and interned at "The Lorain Morning Journal."

My passion is ...

music and sports.

I know too much about ...

Syracuse basketball.

My childhood ambition ...

play professional basketball.

Why I write ...

I wanted to do something with sports after my playing days were over.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Kyuss, Alice In Chains, Down, Corrosion of Conformity, RATM, Helmet, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Danzig.

My first job ...

Umpiring baseball.

Entertainment > Album Reviews Album reviews: Badmotorfinger, by Soundgarden

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As a member of Seattle's "Big Four" grunge bands, Soundgarden's big break commercially came a bit later than the others (Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Alice In Chains) with 1994's "Superunknown." Critically, however, 1991's "Badmotorfinger" was the band's "White Album," as it teetered on the line of commercial appeal while maintaining Soundgarden's dingy, Black-Sabbath-meets-Led-Zeppelin classic rock vibe. That notion especially rings true today with the band's recent reunion and subsequent release of Black Rain, a B-Side from the "Badmotorfinger" sessions. Put out as a single in the summer ...

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