BORN: “Love Is Blue” by Paul Mauriat was number one. JOINED THE DV STAFF: September 1998 (the first time...) HOMETOWN: Ottawa, IllinoisWAS LIVING IN: Louisville, KentuckySPOUSE / KIDS?: Some of each FAVORITE ARTIST: Alan Parsons, solo or Projected. OTHER ARTISTS I LIKE: Duncan Sheik, Vertical Horizon, Spock’s Beard (Neal Morse era only), Peter Gabriel, Carrie Newcomer, Heather Dale, The Smithereens, Rush, Amanda Marshall, James McMurtry, Vienna Teng, Eva Cassidy, Marillion, Kansas, Kacey Musgraves, Icon For Hire, Jim Croce, Susan Werner. BEER: Odell 90 Shilling, Save The World Lux Mundi, Strange Land Entire Porter. OTHER HOBBIES: Reading, writing, gaming. PERSONAL MOTTO: "Our life is what our thoughts make it." – Marcus Aurelius I WRITE MUSIC REVIEWS BECAUSE: …Rolling Stone pissed me off at an early age.