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Ryan harbors a constant fear of losing his keys, prefers flip flops and will always choose cereal if it's an option. He maintains his own blog, Giddy Up America and hasn't gotten a speeding ticket in over the year. He has previously contributed work to UPROXX & Heavy. Ryan is on Twitter: @ryanoconnell79
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Bullet Proof in San Diego.
Bruce Springsteen has a song off of “The Rising” called “Waiting on a Sunny Day.” It is too easy for me to say it’s amazing song- because it is. It’s simple and beautiful, bright and sweet. I love it. Yet… Read More ›
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Kick out the Jams: a Mix Tape retrospective
For the most part, they are all gone. There were probably over a hundred of them. Could of been more, but a lot of them, they had been re-used. White out changed everything. Mix tapes. Not hip hop mix tapes… Read More ›
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Ryno-approved bands for next year’s Super Bowl halftime show
All morning I’ve been singing a song I thought was the Black Eyed Peas, but turns out it was Usher. It doesn’t matter. No, no, no, no. The moral of this story is not that bad songs get stuck in… Read More ›
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A Table for Two: the story of me and my drums.
The story of my drums would start with the burning of my old drums. My old drums were an old set of Slingerland drums and I had gotten them around high school graduation. They replaced my first set- a well… Read More ›
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Paint the town, Olive.
It’s important to know who your friends are. Gram was my best friend. She was a strong, tough & spunky little juggernaut of a woman who always seemed to make me laugh. Dad said I should drive straight to Portland… Read More ›
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I don’t remember urinating. Do you?
Checkers was the only place open. Royal Farms was closing. Never a Wawa around when you need one. So we swung into the parking lot. There was a nice breeze out and I was telling Big that my team, Burnsy’s… Read More ›
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