Father, Husband, Designer, Wanna-be Rockstar.

From the Blog


Another musical discovery that I’m sure is more of a “where the hell have you been”moment than a discovery, but still. If you haven’t heard of The Civil Wars, like I hadn’t, go to their website and check them out (http://thecivilwars.com). Not only do John and Joy look like they belong on the silver screen, but they make music with beautiful harmonies. Rather than doing a terrible write up about them, in which I would probably compare the looks of John to Johnny Depp (seriously take a look at their pictures) I’ll just post another YouTube video and let you eat your heart out.

Share
Nov
28
Posted by Chase at 11:40 pm

image

The Counting Crows were close, but instead of wanting something beautiful I want to create something beautiful.

A week ago I was lucky enough to get a tour of an old run down building in Sioux City. On the wall near the entrance were remnants of what appeared to be a great painting. I was blown away with what I saw, which was apparent neglect of something beautiful.

Is it the over saturation of images and media that drives this numbness? I’d like to know so I can be sure to recognize and cherish all of the beauty life has to offer.

Share

The Mighty Short Bus (MSB) rocked Friday night,   Not only are they all talented musicians, they’re all stellar guys. Frank and the boys played 3 great sets for a good sized crowd at the Skyline. I was impressed with the way MSB had their song choice arranged, building momentum and capitalizing on the crowds applause and rolling songs seamlessly into one another.

After the show with a little drink and party I came to the same point that I despise each and every show like that: the end of the night. In my mind (after several drinks of course) I feel like the night should never end. In reality, I have a wife and kids at home who will need me to be functioning the next morning. Maybe that’s what I love so much about live music, the connection between worlds. We’re all the same…people I mean. But what we choose to do with our lives can be very very different.

Share

I have a bunch of post drafts here at chasestockton.com that never make it live. I start writing something, get side-tracked or lose interest. It’s ironic how many things in my life are just like that, ideas or thoughts or ambitions that never amount to anything. Here’s a funny example from the website, I started writing a post on January 12th for my New Year’s resolution post and didn’t make it very far!

Maybe I shouldn’t allow myself to it ‘Save Draft’ here at my website, or for that matter my life. The ability to back out might be blocking everything.

Share