Last summer the 13-year old (known as The Candyman for you Metal Dad Radio Show listeners) sat down with the entire Iron Maiden discography and ranked the albums from our least favorite to most cherished. We had a blast and ever since have been kicking around the idea of doing it with other bands. After … More The Metal Dad’s Album Rankings: Bolt Thrower
For over a decade now the last weekend in April has been one of my favorite weekends on the calendar. It’s the weekend of the Meriden Daffodil Festival, a two-day festival held in the central Connecticut town of Meriden at their gorgeous Hubbard Park. Yes, there are vendors, carnival rides, tons of fried foods, and … More The Meriden Daffodil Festival
Horror Movie Redux is a recurring column where the teenagers and I revisit some of the horror movies from my youth. Today we tackle an absolute campy classic, 1987’s The Lost Boys. Directed by Joel Schumacher, in his first foray into the horror genre (and coming off the monumental success of St. Elmo’s Fire), The … More Horror Movie Redux: The Lost Boys
Over the last year my older kids and I have been watching a lot of classic horror movies. Now is as good a time as any to revive this series where we take a look at some of these iconic gems. This time around we tackle John Carpenter’s 1982 classic, The Thing. Based on the … More Horror Movie Redux: The Thing
This week on The Metal Dad Radio Show we unveiled our Top 10 metal albums of 2019. You can listen to the show and hear tracks off each album HERE. 2019 was another stellar year in the metal world and narrowing it down to these ten records was brutally difficult. But every one of these … More Top 40 Metal Albums of 2019: #10-1
Last week on The Metal Dad Radio Show we unveiled the first half of our Top 20 metal albums of 2019. In case you missed it you can listen to the show and hear tracks from each record HERE. I’m not going to go crazy with descriptions of each. Listen to the show and below … More Top 40 Metal Albums of 2019: #20-11
We are winding down this exercise and I hope for those of you who read along it was as enjoyable as it was for me. I really had a long, wonderful stroll down memory lane and got to revisit some of my absolute favorite records in the process. Each one of these posts has consistently … More A Decade of CT Music: 2018
2017 was a crazy year, filled with some indelible memories that I’ll cherish forever. Not the least of which was seeing my first two books published in February and April of that year. (Plus my beloved Philadelphia Eagles would finally win a Super Bowl following the 2017 season.) 2017 was also another banner year in … More A Decade of CT Music: 2017
Another year, another grouping of stellar albums. 2016 was only three years ago, yet for some reason it seems like a decade ago. When I was putting these albums together I was shocked by how many of them were released in 2016. I could have sworn most of these records were released long before. 2016 … More A Decade of CT Music: 2016
We’ve crossed the halfway point to this exercise and so far I think the one thing that’s been hammered home for me is that it’s nearly impossible to truly bookmark every great release by Connecticut bands. 2015 was another exceptional year with a handful of amazing debuts, and follow-up albums that exceeded their predecessors. It … More A Decade of CT Music: 2015
