This week’s Rolling with Scissors takes a curated deep dive into Fleetwood Mac — from the blues fire of Then Play On to the polished perfection of Rumours. We’re not covering it all (no one could in one night), but these hand-picked tracks tell the story of how the band evolved through chaos into greatness.
After nearly eight years away from winter, I looked out my window today and saw white stuff falling from the sky. It took me a second to remember it’s called snow. At first it looked peaceful, almost magical — until I remembered what it really means: salt, slush, and the lurking terror of getting my wheelchair stuck in a snow drift just trying to grab coffee at QuikTrip. Welcome back to Wisconsin, where the sky hates you but the coffee’s still worth the risk.
After eight years of living in houses, I forgot how thin apartment walls can be. At 3:45 in the morning, I woke to the unmistakable sounds of enthusiasm from the neighbors upstairs — complete with creaking bed, rhythmic thumping, and plenty of moaning. By the time the “series finale” ended around 5 a.m., I was equal parts exhausted, amused, and reminded that apartment living comes with… perks.
This week’s Rolling with Scissors starts with reflection and ends in pure chaos — from A Perfect Circle’s eMOTIVe to Guns N’ Roses’ Appetite for Destruction to Metallica’s Kill ’Em All and Ride the Lightning. Protest, rebellion, and power — all in one night.
I’ll probably lose my metal card for saying this, but Taylor Swift’s new album The Life of a Showgirl is damn good. Blame Amber for getting the hooks stuck in my head. Between discovering pop that actually hits and replacing my dead 25-year-old Alesis monitors with KRK Rokit 5s, I’ve been reminded that music doesn’t care about genres—it just needs to make you feel something.
After years of silence from big-name artists, Puscifer finally steps up with Normal Isn’t—a record that refuses to play nice. The lead single “Self Evident” doesn’t whisper; it hits like a hammer, tearing through the noise with raw honesty and purpose. This is the sound of art waking the world up.
Originally planned as a Moby deep dive, this week’s episode takes a hard turn into the world of Hackers—the cult ’90s film that turned neon dreams and computer chaos into cinematic legend. We’re exploring all three soundtrack volumes packed with electronic icons like The Prodigy, Underworld, Orbital, and Leftfield. Plus, a quick nod to Ace Frehley of KISS, who left us this week.
Amazon may have spoiled us with two-day shipping, but when it comes to UPS, FedEx, and the rest, delivery is still a mess. Waiting on a 100-pound box with no call, no text, and a useless tracker shows just how broken the system really is in 2025.
From splicing tape with a razor blade to experimenting in Sound Forge, Studio One, and now Reaper, my journey in radio production has changed as much as the technology itself. Live radio may be messy, but digital tools make creating Rolling with Scissors possible today without losing the human spirit that started it all.
This week’s Rolling with Scissors dives into Mike Patton’s world, focusing on Faith No More’s Angel Dust and the genre-bending Peeping Tom. Broadcasting from a still-growing studio in Eau Claire, we celebrate Patton’s chaos in manageable chunks.