When Doubts and Dollar-signs Muffle Daydreams
♫ A cynic song
Plays loud in me
While I divise
A melodic dream ♫...
Tampa Bay’s Pulse Radio is sadly in a still-beat [UODATED]
With a desire to introduce Tampa Bay more broadly to the work of independent musicians, Pulse Radiolacks a vet.s...
The Designated Hitter Debate and My Premier as a Cited Source in Sports
In 2004 USA Today ran an article about the DH and quoted time along with more famed people....
An update from a blind blogger
In short: I can't see and a high-level medical eye doc pushed a non-treatment....
Ease with the Chill of Cabela and Schmitt’s Single ” Lose My Mind”
The single, "Lose My Mind", was released by the indie band in lare March. Check it out here....
Why tje lack of new posts? I’m in hell.
I need to post this update specifically because of frustrations that are dominating me.It ain’t much to say: Blindness and physical issues limiting my typing...
An Open Letter Request to the Tampa Bay Lightning
This has nothing to do with the team and gameplay. It has everything to do with the genetic menace few know of....
Blind and Anxious, an update on my status
I* already said I can't see. It's gotten worse....
In brief: Still here, thanks
"Rumors og my demise have been greatly exaggerated." I'm just am not posting, Sorry....
In search of Tampa Bay music for a Spotify playlist
More Tampa Bay music of the Adult Contemporary chill variety is sought to freshen up this Spotify playlist....
Regarding my absence ftom 2020 NHL playoff blogging and my social withdrawal online
As the Tampa Bay Lightning's original blogger, I haven't said much of anything about these belated playoffs. I'm not interacting much online either. Why?...
Music, Politic, and the Contrast of Eras
Unauthorized use of music by presidential campaigns contrasts the past,....
Contemplating curating a weekly Spotify Playlist
Already doing a long, older playlist, launching a weekly Spotify playlist to highlight acts is an idea... But what would it bring me?...
Johnny Fonts on Spotify; follow me, won’t you?
Come follow John Fontana, aka Johnny Fonts, on Spotify. How in-tune you find me is up to you....
The story behind Johnny Fonts and the Radio/Streaming list
JohnnyFonts.com is a p personal blog. There happens to be a personal story behind the site's music submission article that indie musicians use....
It’s odd to remember “The Daily Show” having to be defended
Quoting a 2006 letter-to-the-editor that I was compelled to write in 2006....
It’s January 1 and this is 2020
C'mon, ABC News has prepped us for this for DECADES......
“Typing’s an adventure…” takes on new meaning
No, no, I haven't been hired as Donald Trump's speech writer. Thank God. ...
For those looking for the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart archives
As someone who reflected on the Billboard Music chart archives to discover music as well as be reminded of classics from days-gone-by, I was a...
This Johnny Fonts has been on Twitter 11 years
John "Johnny Fonts" Fontana started his life on Twitter 10.22.2008 -- 11 years ago today....
(Im)mobility in Tampa Bay
A quick reaction to a day spent researching transit aid for the disabled. {Not sales talk, btw]...
“Where are they now?” of hockey blogging?
Some people who did hockey blogging were major reads in their location. Others were the ONLY reads outside of mainstream media. ...
The day John Fontana discovered John Fontana Day in Tampa
That day you find out a city in your region has a day named after you......
The stagnation of results with any and all attempts
An able, disabled online content production, music promoter/consultant, and lyricist-wanna-be struggles...and rambles about it here....
Only one player stands out from Steve Yzerman’s 1st round draft history with the Lightning
This is the Albatross of the Steve Yzerman tenure as General Manager of the Tampa Bay Lightning. ...
Lyrics calling foe Unity in America in a Time of Division
I reached out to Taylor Swift to consider a lyric I wrote in 2017. ...
Reflecting on the history and the Ice Palace that is Amalie Arena
I wish I knew the stories more behind the Bolts immaculate Ice Palace....
Fireworks or Kellog’s? You decide
if your lust in early July is for the snap, crackle, and pop from fireworks, might I suggest you go with the alternative means to...
“And I desperately need a manicure!” – The look, the feel, the folly
I’ve spent a bit of time the past month or two looking to simply upgrade The WordPress theme for this site. Too often the look...
My love for hockey and the glory of the Stanley Cup
With the start of the 2019 Stanley Cup Finals, this long-time hockey blogger pulls up his words from 2014 and why he loves the Cup....
Lack of writing is a visualization thing…
JohnnyFonts.com has a new site logo! And maybe, just maybe, it'll have a new theme sometime soon....
It certainly feels like networking – indie music promotion on Twitter
It's nice to be reached out to and to see positive feedback when a musician releases new tunes. Vic Cracknell has done just that......
Without a job and without a path forward
The plight of a long-time blogger and disabled individual. ...
Summarizing my life with Neurofibromatosis Type 2
I was asked to contribute "my story" as an NF2 patient. In summary, in rief, you can find it here....
Personal note: I’ve taken back “Boltsmag”
Just a heads up: When I started blogging about hockey, the posts were published on Boltsmag.com. Upon me founding Raw Charge, I pointed the domain...
Wordiness and a would-be song; “Cool Dude, Loose Mood”
Poetry and I are not strangers, the evidence is here on the site in the “Creative Writing” section and elsewhere if you look around. I’ve been...
It’s not very clear how to recycle Cochlear sound processor technology
I want to recycle Cochlear sound processor technology as well as accessories and Cochlear doesn’t lay out how to do that. And that’s bad....
Really… Just Do It
“Here’s a truism – everything is a big deal up until you actually do it. Don’t dwell or dread on doing something, making it so...
When events lead to self-realization and rolling along while lost at sea
I don’t know what was worse: How the news of Tuesday and the stepping-down of Steve Yzerman laid out one hell of a road bump...
Flailing Credence
A poem I wrote tied to lack of confidence and self-doubt....
9/11 brought unity while we stand divided in the moment of the now
We stood together. In shock, in disbelief, in mourning, America stood together with social and political divisions irrelevant. We stood together as Americans. That...
Speaking of My Faith
I’m not comfortable talking about my faith and personal ties to religion but here’s back story on…me. It’s where I stand and what I believe...
Finding relevance today in a 1978 television theme song
Do you ever get a television theme song in your head? Y’know, earworm type deal? Yet you go further, looking at the lyrics, and suddenly...
Contribute to my Neurofibromatosis Network charity drive (via Facebook) and aid research into the genetic disease
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“Unity (We the People)” – a would-be song of protest
Late this spring, curiosity and recollection started pushing in my head toward music and what was going on in the political and social spheres. This...
Suffering an unsound situation – Epilogue: Sunrise
It’s odd when a song takes a new dimension in your life and you sob while listening to it. I’ll admit, I’ve been locked on...
The plight of a newbie lyricist marketing a song demo
Even if they aren’t into country music, my friends have been impressed. I’ve already unveiled it but here it is, all over again! A nineteen-year...
My mobile hosting experience with Project Fi so far
I left Verizon Wireless in a huff this spring. I’d been on the service since 2011 or so on one of their plans for the...
Silence and song; the musical demo of “Slowly, Her Name Fades Away”
How does a deaf composer get the attention of the music industry? Think about that for a minute, would you? It happens to be a...
This Labor Day Weekend, in memory of Jerry Lewis, let’s fight MD
My reaction to the news of comedic legend Jerry Lewis’ passing two weeks ago was to urge friend son Facebook to make a donation to the...