The last couple of years have forced me to look within, assess outward, and really try to find inner happiness and balance. Covid and isolation, mom getting sick, friends and family dying, people I did not know dying in masses, all weighed on me, he…

People have asked quite a few times if we have considered putting on more shows. In short, it is a no for me. Ken would put on more shows if I were more enthusiastic about it, but, nah. June 19, 2021 was an absolute highlight for me – one …

Travis Indovina recently suggested I write about the balance between corporate working and personal passions, and how that affects me psychologically. I think anyone could relate to this struggle, especially those of you following Grim. I started w…

You ever do something so stupid, that you are filled with instant regret and wonder why the hell you did it? Hold my beer. I was around eight, maybe nine, when I ‘played a game’ so asinine it could have ended my life. I was home alone…

Mortality is interesting. Bear with me, things are probably going to get weird. I have always had a morbid relationship with death. People try to reason with me; you were born alone, you die alone. Everything that lives must die. Fuck that - I did …

A long time ago, before Grim was born, Milkman (Brutal Postman) mentioned a monthly heavy metal happy hour at Record Archive we should check out, Metal Meltdown. I am not sure why it took us so long to go (likely our lack of social skills) but after…

All right – it is obvious how much love I have for the friends and family we made over the course of Grim Dystopian. I would like to start sharing highlights and moments I have experienced thanks to the friends we have made (and continue to ma…

I have mentioned before that above anything else, having fun and remaining a fan is of upmost importance to me when it comes to ‘our brand’. We walk a fine line between putting in hard work, sweat and tears, and enjoyment and fulfillment…

I had to have braces on for about a year and a half before I could have surgery. In the fall of 2011, my braces were put on, and surgery was scheduled for summer of 2013. In between, I had waves of insecurity, doubt, panic, more panic, but really, t…

Some stories shape who we are, some stories seem insignificant and then something happens in life, and you think back to those insignificant moments and realize they were consequential. Fast-forward: I was born with a birth defect that I held on to…