Welcome Back!

A little over a yea

r ago, Josh and I launched a music blog, TheRiffage.com. We were music-news oriented, but soon found that running a news blog while holding down full-time jobs was almost impossible. We were at a distinct disadvantage a

gainst 19-year-old Williamsburg denizens who could spend their days in local coffee shops, mooching free Wi-Fi and pounding out 1,000 word missives about how awesome the secret Deerhoof concert they attended the night before was.

After we scrapped the news idea, we toyed with posting mp3s, but decided that RIAA-penned cease-and-desist letters were our least-favorite form of communication. It looked like The Riffage would go the way of Flooz.
Still, I've got the itch to write about music, so what's a music blogger to do? Witness the rebirth of The Riffage, with more essays, more reviews, and a more personal and casual vibe. I'm still beta-testing this new format, which is why I'm here in temporary housing at Blogger, but hopefully I can move back to TheRiffage.com in a few weeks.

It's good to be back!