How To Masturbate: A Psoriasis Blog by Ashley E. Norton

A few years ago I was sitting at my swanky neighborhood bar in Germantown, a section of Nashville on the up and up. Complete with zombie herds of hipsters and factory renovated million dollar condos, I was grandfathered into the afforadble housing complex. This night,...

How St. Louis Will Be Saved

Time for an up-front confession: I hate St. Louis. It’s odd saying this about my birthtown; I spent over 20 years there in its peculiarly icy grip, wondering if the rest of the world would be waiting when (read: if) I finally managed to get out. Various...

Touring The Right Way

Technically, there is no touring the wrong way. If you get on the road and share your craft with new people, you are right. I don’t want this blog to turn into me telling you what to do, because I really have no fucking clue. But, I can tell you what I’M doing. And my...

Do It Your Fucking Self

I’ve been a professional singer-songwriter for about 10 years now. What I mean by that is getting paid to do it. I’ve been in rock bands, country projects, wedding bands, chick groups and indie duos. I’ve toured across the country countless times, played large...

The Smallest Crowd

Last night we played our asses off for a bar full of 40 empty chairs, 6 people and a dance floor. Literally, just the floor. We’ve been rehearsing in our drummers basement at odd hours for months, and worked up about 4 hours of originals and covers. It is spring in...