Monthly Missive

I was too busy writing about mental health last month to mark the occasion of one year since we moved Heavy Blog over to the Missive format. So, here I am, doing just that: happy anniversary to one of the best... Read More...

Hello. It was my intention to use this Missive to talk mark one year since we redesigned the blog and embarked on this new, once a month path. But, instead, Paul Masvidal shared an absolutely heart wrenching p... Read More...

You put your hand into the fire and it burns you. This is one of the first lessons we learn, whether the fire be literal or metaphorical. But here's the thing: this lesson is incomplete. Sometimes, the fires t... Read More...

Oh. Hello. Yes, it's true; another half year has gone by. I'll be honest with you: times aren't simple in the Heavy Blog camp. I think it's been exactly one year since I devoted one of these posts (or an intro... Read More...

It's June. This means several things: first, it means that it's getting real hot over here in my corner of the world and that means that I'm not sleeping as well. Secondly, it means that we're getting real clo... Read More...

Here we are again, my friends. Spring is in full-effect (already summer, for those of us who live nearer to the Equator) and the amounts of music are escalating to their mid-year fever pitch. Won't you think o... Read More...

We have now entered the dubious time known as "more than one year has passed since the Coronavirus outbreak". I just needed to get that off my chest; this intro will not be another one where I talk about COVID... Read More...

Well, alright alright alright! It's time for the first "proper" issue of 2021! No disclaimers, no special rules, no nothing! Right? Wrong. March's Missive comes to you hot on the heels of our end of year drop,... Read More...

There we go: that number now says "2021". And while this is not my Year in Review post (that will be posted alongside our end of year content in a few weeks) I can't help but address that, right? So, what do w... Read More...