adrian varnam

Last night I was having a quiet evening drinking a glass of wine with an old friend when she turned to me and asked me why I haven’t updated my website in a while.  For most sane people that wouldn’t be a big deal.  For us, not so much.  We’ve made an art out of [...]

Originally published in encore magazine on March 3rd, 2010.
It’s been a long time since the Clinton administration ruled the office. The world seemed simpler and safer then. The internet was new and exciting. MTV actually played music, and new bands did it the old-fashioned way through incessant touring, sleeping on couches, and begging anyone and [...]

“Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too.  A whole stream of events issues from the [...]

Man.  Resistance is a bitch.  It’s relentless, it’s constant, and it hides itself as rationalization.  Every single moment of every single day.
For two weeks now I’ve been sitting back and looking at my work, trying my hardest to figure out exactly what the hell I’m doing with all of this; the site, the writing, the [...]

Last week on his nationally-syndicated sports talk radio show, Dan Patrick had on guest Dick Ebersol, Chairman of NBC Sports.  Throughout the interview, Ebersol spent most of the segment previewing NBC’s coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympics and waxing poetic in defense of his network’s decision-making in booting Conan and promoting Leno.  But what was [...]

Ever since I was a kid I’ve had problems sleeping.  Not falling asleep, mind you.  That’s the easy part.  It’s going back to sleep once I wake up in the middle of the night.  My head is filled with such clutter on a daily basis that when I wake up, all I can think about [...]

As I look back over my life I see a lot of disappointment.  I see friends and family that I’ve let down.  I see dreams unfulfilled.  I see grandiose ideas that have never come to fruition despite telling people in my life that they were imminent.  Always about to happen.  Just wait until tomorrow.  Just [...]

This article was originally published in The Beat Magazine in February, 2010.
The best business strategy is one of diversification.  Instead of putting all of their proverbial eggs in one basket, experts advise that clients create multiple streams of income, or in managing investments, in different types of opportunities to protect and grow their money.  For [...]

This article was originally published in encore magazine on January, 13th, 2010.
After seeing him perform in Wilmington last year, it’s clear that singer/songwriter Jeremy Aggers is a captivating performer in the most unusual sort of way.  He has no bravado and doesn’t demand that people pay attention.  He doesn’t dance around or bang on his [...]

Originally published in encore magazine on January 27th, 2010.
No matter what it is we do for a living, it always feels great to receive a little recognition from our peers. For UNCW music professor Jerald Shynett, the recognition comes in the form of a Grammy-Award nomination for arranger Vince Mendoza, for his arrangement of the [...]