The Sunshine Empire

“Met the Ghost of Stephen Foster at the Hotel Paradise
This is what I told him as I gazed into his eyes:
Ships were made for sinking,
Whiskey made for drinking,
If we were made of cellophane, we’d all get stinking drunk quite faster ha, ha, ha”
-The Squirrel Nut Zippers (From Ghost Of Stephen Foster)

Jools Holland has my exact musical taste.

There is only one day of the year that Americans will give a date in that reverse European way and that is the birth date of our great republic.  On the 4th of July there is only one song that I want to hear as a red blooded American citizen, Stars And Stripes Forever by [...]

This evening marks the official one year anniversary of the birth of www.thesunshineempire.com.  From September of 2006 until July 1st of 2007 I wrote The Sunshine Empire at sunshineempire.blogspot.com.  Yet in the early part of 2007 while working with an SEO specialist named Josh I was convinced to take the blog out onto my own [...]

Only the true Chili Peppers fan is aware of the brilliance of One Hot Minute. This song is 1995 for me.