Who doesn’t like free shit?  Shit ain’t normally free, brah…  I know how you can get some of the aforementioned shit o’ free, dawg. Come closer. Closer… Too close. Please release my buttocks. … Both hands. Thanks. Kay. So anyway, you want some free shit?  Well, I got some fo’ ya.  Just go to www.jaspatrick.com and you can download my brand-spanking new album “Tributaries” for FREE. ...

Yeah, this one is going to be fun; so dig this… I LOVE it when people tell me I don’t look like I sound or sound like I look or however you prefer to phrase this totally fascinating thing one person can say to another. No, I’m not being sarcastic.  No, I am not bothered by this at all.  I really do find it interesting as hell!  I’m totally guilty of it as well, by the way!  I find myself constantly surprised by...

You may have noticed that my blog is a very serious place.  I bring you the fair and balanced blogs of virtue, life lessons and shit that will straight get upside yo’ dome, sucka.  Damn… Two sentences… Not even.  One sentence.  That’s all I could do! Sigh… Master, I have failed you.  (See, I was “grasshopper” to my Sensei, Cthulhu, and he charged me with bringing about the nerd rebellion that...

As I sit here with my writing wine, reflecting on this year as a whole; I find myself not remembering what the hell I was supposed to be writing about in the first place.  No matter… Writing wine… (ten minutes later) As I sit here with my writing… Shit.  I already said that. (30 minutes later) So I wrote another song… Sigh. (15 minutes later) I find myself harried this holiday season… How about you?  Last...

The king is still alive.  Long live his ulcer!  Ahhh, the music bidness… How do I love thee?  Everyone else does apparently as well.  Or they hate it… Or, well, see, they dig bands but they hate “executives” or… Well… Oh screw this crap!  Let’s watch reality TV. Sound familiar?  Yeah, I don’t know what I’m talking about either; but the point is this: Once upon a time, everything...