Culture, politics, humor, music, poker, sports, and business content focusing on management, sales, service, and communication.
Politics, religion, and other stuff one isn't supposed to talk about. Music, sports, literature, culture, art, history, film, and sitting in a tent in cool weather, drinking hot, black coffee and pondering this mess around.
In addition to providing content to various websites, as well as his own personal blog, Brent has, for over twenty years, written greeting cards for various companies, mostly with an off-kilter and humorous perspective.
Although he has written the occasional drippy verse. Sympathies for recently deceased pets are a specialty.
In his work as the primary jewelry specialist for an internet auction site, he had to write sales copy for 40 to 45 pieces a day. In an effort to soften the grind of finding new ways to use words like "captivating", "enchanting" and "Stunning", he peppered his copy with less stuffy fare and safe-for-work one-liners. As such, he has developed a cult following of well-read, geriatric antique pickers and bargain hunters.
He puts a humorous spin in most of his personal writing, often dark and irreverent.
Humor, subtle or broad, permeates his writing. It stands on it's own, but it's utility in driving the narrative is what sets it apart.
A musician and record store rat for almost four decades, Brent wrote record reviews and music articles for three years, from 1984 until 1987, for the Chattanooga News Free Press (now the Chattanooga Times Free Press). Though musically active, and never without an insight or opinion, he wrote less for a few years, concentrating on career and family. A few pieces for local and independent publications, and that was about it.
He started cranking up again in the nineties, participating in digital discussions via newsgroups and bulletin boards, doing a few articles for music-oriented websites. In 2002, he started his own blog, UberMullet, dedicated to in-depth and irreverent studies of established canons of several musical genres. It later stretched to encompass politics, culture, art, and sports.
A period of functional blindness sidelined him for a year. When he came back, the original Ubermullet blog had been sold in one of those predatory dotcom transactions that littered the digital landscape. He was not able to comply with the new owners demands, and the content was lost. No doubt, it still sits on a hard drive somewhere, but numerous searches (and pleas to automated "help" desks from various and mutating companies) have come up empty.
After much weeping and gnashing of teeth, he registered the name, and rebooted the blog. It is active today, at www.ubermullet.com .
Brent has written articles and web content on religion, politics, business, culture, and history. His versatility as a writer lends itself not just to different styles, but to diverse subjects. He has no fear of digging into any subject, even one in which he might be initially unfamiliar.
Brent has written about articles on various subjects, including music, history, and culture He's also written business and management pieces for various corporate "in-house" publications, for companies as diverse as music and entertainment retailers,jewelry retailers, and pawn shop chains.
For over a year, Brent wrote sales copy for a non-profit auction site. He listed 40-45 pieces per day, mostly donated jewelry. His use of descriptive language, sales driven copy, and humor earned $10,000 to $17,000 per month, on the sales of the items he listed.
Through his own blog, Brent has put his unique spin on various subjects, mostly music, politics, and sports. In addition, he has guested on other blogs, and has done book reviews for "Bookspin".