A Fresh Start

This is the first of hopefully many posts. I've been meaning to start a blog about something but couldn't decide what. So, a friend, colleague, and sister of mine, Samstastic!, wanted to do sort of a weekly point - counterpoint thing with me on music. Thus, I now have a blog. We'll be posting our own things in the meantime, but when she decides what the week will be about, I'll put something up.

I'm envisioning this to go beyond music to popular culture. If it doesn't, I'll amend the title. How can you review music and not popular culture at the same time? They are, after all, connected beyond mere association.

By the way, Dead Pedro is not meant to be an offensive name. It has nothing to do with killing, wanting to kill, or maiming anybody. Nor is it directed at any one particular ethnic group. It's merely an inside joke with myself a few of my family members. So, let's begin...