Christopher McHale
Music Binds Us All
I bang on the pot really hard in the kitchen aisle. The salesman looks at me over the rims of his glasses and shakes his head. Years ago...
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Christopher McHale
- Jun 15
- 4 min
Hey Joe, the music industry is that guy on the street with a busker's hat.
The changes in the music industry have eaten away at its core so that only a dried husk is left. What ideas can lead this important...
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Christopher McHale
- Apr 10
- 9 min
Leaders. Do we need them?
I grew up in a world of leaders. We're going to the Moon type leaders. Nowadays, we seem to have lost the leadership plot.
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Christopher McHale
- Mar 3
- 10 min
Jimi Hendrix in London
In an excerpt from his memoir, Christopher McHale remembers the first time he saw Jimi Hendrix in a small club called the Speakeasy.
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Christopher McHale
- Mar 3
- 1 min
Everything You Need To Know About Creativity
When I started writing at 8, I made a mistake I started. I never stopped. It consumes you. It makes it hard to have a relationship. It...
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Christopher McHale
- Sep 10, 2021
- 9 min
King of Norway
I watched the Towers fall from Union Square. It’s the sound I remember most. And the smell. A couple of weeks later I wrote this story....
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Christopher McHale
- Aug 9, 2021
- 3 min
Laugh or Cry, the World
I charged into 2020. I started a new business. I opened an account at a new bank. I met this fellow at a party and he seemed like a nice...
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Christopher McHale
- Jul 19, 2021
- 3 min
We Light The Olympic Torch In A Changed World
I used to dream of being in the Olympics. As a teen, I started running long-distance. Every day it was my favorite time of day, putting...
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Christopher McHale
- Jul 19, 2021
- 1 min
I Don't Want To Write This
Florida is gone. The Sunshine State becomes the Pirate State, as the Keys advance north to the Georgia border. Flooded Florida, already a...
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Christopher McHale
- Jul 19, 2021
- 3 min
Escape From A Narcissist
You’re always wrong. You walk on egg shells. Your goal is to make them happy. You try a million different things. Money, presents,...
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Christopher McHale
- Jul 19, 2021
- 3 min
My Pandemic Anthem
As the masks drop, what world are we left with? What consequence do we carry with us? What has gone forever? President Biden is fond of...
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Christopher McHale
- Jul 19, 2021
- 4 min
The One Choice Christians Refuse To Make
Practicing Catholicism in America is a labyrinth of conflict and faith. I am both a Catholic and an American. I believe in the essential...
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Christopher McHale
- Jul 19, 2021
- 2 min
Our Condo Future
I can’t help but see the Florida condo collapse as symptomatic of the rising climate crisis. These things are hard to quantify, but a...
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Christopher McHale
- Jun 14, 2021
- 10 min
Our Dreams Can Turn To Fire
In Adelaide, there’s a tree with guitars hanging from its branches. There’s a bright red Stratocaster, and a metallic green Les Paul....
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Christopher McHale
- Jun 3, 2021
- 5 min
Pet Sounds vs. Sgt. Pepper
During the summer after The Beach Boys released their album Pet Sounds, the Beatles were in L.A.. The band was on their last tour and...
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Christopher McHale
- May 24, 2021
- 1 min
Heart Disease and Me
Heart disease is a difficult steer to rope. It’s quiet. It’s invisible. My genes have a lot of practice dancing with arteries and valves....
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Christopher McHale
- May 21, 2021
- 3 min
5 Tips To Survive Encounters With Dysfunctional People
May is Mental Health Month. 1. Dysfunctional people cause chaos. I used to think they put me on this earth to help dysfunctional people....
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Christopher McHale
- May 20, 2021
- 1 min
The Alchemy of Mixing
Photo by Mehmet Turgut Kirkgoz from Pexels I consider mixing music an alchemical process. My #1 mixing tip? Never begin a mix on...
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Christopher McHale
- May 14, 2021
- 11 min
She Dances In My Shadow
Photo by Monica Mena Santos Martin tells me to be ready at 6 a.m. He has coffee in a thermos and hands me a cup. It’s medicine. I require...
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Christopher McHale
- May 14, 2021
- 2 min
Our Urgent Need For Ethical Reform
The previous president plowed through the guard rails protecting our Constitution and painted gray areas with his own personal logo. My...
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