I don’t know how I get into these slumps. I have amazing people in my life, and I’m grateful to still be alive, but sometimes, I miss having her around. A therapist once told me that I would probably never stop blaming myself for what happened, and I still hold on to a lot of guilt. I don’t know how to get over it. It spills over into my personal life.
I sat in my car at the park for about an hour before getting out. Walked around the lake. Fed …

Chris “Kanude” Knudson is a rock/americana writer, performer and producer originally from Houston, Texas, and currently residing in Austin. He has lived and worked previously in Texas, New York City, Los Angeles and Berlin, Germany, recording and releasing records on his own Lightstone Records under the Kanude and Val Holler monikers.

Austin-based Royal Forest is playing a show at Lambert’s this Friday with EP Hall and Whiskey Priest. Admission is $5. If you’re in the area, you should drop by. Let them know where you heard this song from.

Sometimes I’m an asshole. This I know. Most of the time, I distract myself with childish things like watching “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” or looking up tabs for songs that are stuck in my head, but other times I take it out on other people who have nothing to do with my bad attitude. This weekend was an example, and I wasted an entire morning of what could have been “us” time in order to have “me” time. “Me” time consisted of watching “The Buddy Holly Story” and laughing at …

Why do I say this? Have you played this game with the volume up? The sound of those birds flying through the air is the most entertaining sound effect I have ever heard. And nearly every level gets a new bird.
This game has been the top game in the App Store for quite a while. It’s one of the only games with over 20,000 ratings and nearly 5 stars. “Should I pay the 99 cents to try it out?” My brain told me no for a long time, but it …

Bananas are your best friend.

What a fucking dream. I haven’t such a vivid dream in a long time, but this one scared the hell out of me.
I was walking down a dirt road. There were cornfields on either side of me as far as the eye could see. I’m not sure where I was going, but I was following the only path. It was hazy, very cloudy, and humid. Suddenly, a man came out of the field with a dog next to him.
“Hey,” he said, “My dog wants to play with you.”
I stopped and …