Johnny Blades is TheInertia.com's Music Editor. Born in Silver Spring, Maryland, he spent much of his youth listening to the radio and going to 7-11. The slacker culture of the 1990s had a profound influence on his early development, and to this day, he still likes flannel shirts and waxing philosophical on everything while accomplishing very little. He enjoys talking about music with people, until they inevitably state that they "listen to a little bit of everything," at which time he imagines pulling their shirt over their head and punching them in the stomach. He is a dog person, always recycles, and smells real nice.