Homes for Our Troops

Working as a reporter, every so often you c

an get away from the normal stuff and can cover something really worthwhile. 

This past week was the groundbreaking ceremony for a new home for Cpl. VisnuGonzalez.  Under the guidance of Homes for Our troops, a national non-profit that builds homes for soldiers suffering from disabilities stemming from service related injuries, a plot of land was purchased in my home town. Soon construction will start on Cpl. Gonzalez's new home, free of charge to him and his family.

It's humbling when dealing with personal problems and everyday stress to encounter something like this and I appreciate being able to share the story.

And for good measure here is the first article I wrote about this prior to the groundbreaking.

SAME OLD JETS

New music is up.

myspace.com/daveheinz

It's not mixed yet, so turn it up!

Great weekend at Jon Stern's Rough magik in PK.

We're stoked and looking forward to playing all the time.

(l-r: me:dave heinz; gregg; joe milli; eric levine after two full days of work on the "So Broke in Hoboken" tracks.)

New sports column

My column Jan. 15 for steppin' out. It'll be legible if you click on it.

My first column I did under a three hour deadline because I think the last sports guy quit or was fired. This one I had time to think about and edit. I was sitting in a parking lot reading a two day old newspaper when I came across a one line 'sports short' saying Utah attorney to investigate BCS for violating the Sherman Anti Trust Laws. Thats my concept and I ran with it.

Freelancing

Stepping up with Steppin Out,
I landed my first sports writing gig in a cool venue. Know for scantily clad models and bar/nightlife promos, not for its editorial content, I could not be happier. Hopefully as I continue to write for them I can really have fun with poetic license they grant to their writers.

I wrote my first column on the Giants Eagles game this coming weekend. It can be found here.
(You have to type page 38 or flip to that page. This link may only work till Wednesday)

Writing is a craft and I have a ways to go in honing that craft, therefore I am forever indebted to all publications that have let me pen for them, Steppin Out, Downbeat Magazine and most importantly P.Press and NV Press.

Mikey Wheels

Respect and mutual admiration commonly circulate in the blogoshere, however none greater than the admiration I have for Mike Oliveri of Mikey Wheels .

I rencently wrote about Mikey in one of my papers and he has posted it on his Web site.  He does a much better job on his site than I do on my mine and it's absoulutely worth checking out.

Good luck in California Mikey!

Life is good

Happy New Year. On a personal note I am looking forward to 2009 and leaving 2008 in the past! A seemingly rough year for me was somehow underlined with happyness and many blessings of family, friends and opportunities bestowed on me.

In the new year this blog will be updated much more frequently

MarVin RONES

Mo Lewis would have been proud.

Of his Jets today, that is, (47-3) but Marvin Rones was busy sleeping off a hangover Sunday afternoon.

Thank you to all who came out to our debut performance in NYC on 11/8/08.

Poppa Heinz and I had worked extremely hard at writing a bunch of tunes and had been planning to gig prior to a serious surgical setback I suffered this summer. But thankfully we were all extremely happy to get back on track after a 3 month hiatus.

(Davey Heinz and me breaking it down)

I would have loved to have had a video to post but am currently not in possession of one.

Gregg Minutolli was also rocking guitars and Eric Levine was killing the drum kit. Were looking forward to more music in the future, be good.
-TC

Marvin Rones

Marvin Rones, aka 'Everybody gets laid,' will be playing Saturday, Nov. 8 at the Bullpen Bar, Manhattan located 3rd Ave between 88th and 87th Streets. 

I have been working on this band for some time and am very excited for our debut gig with our new lineup and new name.  This also marks my first time playing after spinal fusion surgery, thank god.

After the gig I'll post some photos and video.''

I just decided to throw this pic up to chronicle my progression in recovery, keeping with the theme of the last few posts: