The Dial

Note: This blog post is no longer being updated or maintained. We cannot guarantee accuracy or accessibility. Here’s what’s been hittin’ my ears most often this 2011: 1. Screeching Weasel, First World Manifesto Anyone who knows me shouldn’t be surprised by [...]

Note: This blog post is no longer being updated or maintained. We cannot guarantee accuracy or accessibility. Unfortunately, I’ve been down with the flu and my year-end wrap-up is gonna be less word-y than I’d hoped and planned. What you’re [...]

5. Grandaddy – Sophtware Slump The theme of this album is also one that I feel is symbolic to my autobiography. Lyrically, it directly addresses man’s struggle with our modern ways. The idea of coming to terms with technology by [...]

Earlier this month, the OLG team bundled up and volunteered at the 17th Annual Fantasy of Lights in Franke Park. For those of you not familiar with Fantasy of Lights, it’s a spectacular presentation of approximately 70 holiday light displays [...]

Note: This blog post is no longer being updated or maintained. We cannot guarantee accuracy or accessibility. Tears for Fears: Songs from the Big Chair (1985) Tears for Fears formed the year I was born. The remains of a British [...]

Note: This blog post is no longer being updated or maintained. We cannot guarantee accuracy or accessibility. In no particular order, my top 5 gotta-take-with-me-to-a-desert-island albums are Ramones S/T, Screeching Weasel “Thanks You Very Little”, The Queers “Later Days and [...]

Note: This blog post is no longer being updated or maintained. We cannot guarantee accuracy or accessibility. N.B. For me, numbers ten through six can change hourly, daily, moving as far up as spot five or four. Also, I try [...]

For Immediate Release: December 20, 2011 Contact: Matt Kelley [email protected] 260 969-6672 (Fort Wayne, Ind.) Print magazine recently published their 31st Regional Design Annual publication, showcasing 157 pages of the finest American design and advertising. One Lucky Guitar (OLG), the [...]

One Lucky Guitar got together last month for our annual fall “retreat”—though we prefer to not call it that…OLG Never Retreats! We spent the day together, talking about our hopes and dreams for our downtown boutique, and to get our [...]

December 15th always makes me think of Winterland. Back in 92/93, after I saw Bruce Springsteen live at Market Square in Indy, I became obsessed with not just owning all of his albums, but also collecting the hard-to-find bootleg recordings [...]