Hit the Road, Zach

Due to the aforementioned delays, I was behind schedule for Leaf 3 and I had to compensate by booking it out west at an uncomfortable clip. I did about 8-10 hours of driving per day, and sadly I had to skip North Dakota. Sorry North Dakota! Nothing personal — just maybe try [...]

After two very long months on the road traveling and recording and scheduling and etc. every day, I was more than ready to take a break. I looked forward to my week in Omaha between Serbian gigs with eager expectation.
Not that I could afford to only rest. I had the next Leaf to [...]

I arrived in KC to drum once more for Majstory. We were playing a big Serbian festival (”Serb fest”), where groups from Joliet, Omaha, and Kansas City all gathered together and celebrated, Serbian style.
People ate and choirs from all three cities sang.

We were set up in the corner.

Then, we were ready to start. [...]

St. Louis! Home of one of my alma maters! (I have several alma maters. It’s one of those confusing family situations. I also have a dura mater and a pia mater, but those are just in my head.) This particular mater is of course Washington University, a very excellent school and [...]

Little Rock! In keeping with what is apparently a US tradition of misleading placenames, Little Rock is actually a Large City. I understand that in 1722 a French explorer landed near a some rock formation on the Arkansas River and named it la Petite Roche. For those of you who no habla [...]

Movie Preview Man: IT BEGAN LIKE AN ORDINARY DRIVE…
I was merrily driving my way up to Memphis from Gulfport, which, mind you, is a bit of a drive. Because it was a nice warm day, I made a stop to get gas, throw away some trash, and vacuum out my car. Then I [...]