So Lonely
Back in the 80’s my brother was a big fan of The Police. I liked them somewhat though not to the same degree as Steve. Over the years I got a lot more into their first three records and now count myself as a pretty big fan as well. In 1983 my family was in [...]
Like Water or Ether
Once upon a time Rhett and Murry from The Old 97’s had a side project called The Ranchero Brothers. The only way I’d ever heard of them was on a recording from 2000 called Live at Stubb’s (I don’t think they ever cut a proper record). Rhett and Murry do plenty of the 97’s songs [...]
Polka
Like many a pre-teen music nerd, I was a huge fan of Weird Al. I grew up in a house where parody was often the humor of choice and so when I heard “Eat It” I was instantly hooked. Al’s stuff wasn’t half-baked parody; it was full blown and done with a straight face. And [...]
The Beat Goes On
We Low Czars now have a clip on YouTube. That’s the five of us (you can’t see Larry as he’s way back on the drums) rocking out the Big Star classic “Don’t Lie to Me.”
We were a bit shocked to see this clip, though I do recall seeing someone over in the corner with a [...]
New Band in the New Year
Yes I have a new band. We’re not really all that new–having cut our teeth on three private shows in the last year or so–but we’re new to the public performance. Our loving bass man Jimmy posted on the daily page forum about our debut performance and I’ll let his words speak for me:
Used to [...]
This Wrinkle In Time, Can’t Give it No Credit
Am I a sucker for YouTube? Absolutely. Today I found the video for Frank Black’s “Headache” which I’d not seen in at least a decade. I liked this video so much that I went out and bought Teenager of the Year, which was a bit impulsive, even for me (the record was sort of like [...]
20 years later…
I recently got out an old bag of cassette tapes and selected U2’s The Joshua Tree as my travelling companion (I was on my way up to watch Deanna in a triathalon) and doused myself in 1987. I spent that summer washing dishes at my childhood YMCA camp and indulging in the freedoms of being [...]
Friday on My Mind
I have a solo show on Friday at Mother Fools. Opening the show at 8 pm is Josh Harty who is apparently a guitar playing whiz. Ma Fools has been good to me over the years, providing me with a nice all ages venue to do my stuff in. I’ve often thought of myself as [...]
Die Beatles
It’s been a Beatle couple of weeks for me. During a visit to Chicago, my brother loaned me a copy of Geoff Emerick’s Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of the Beatles. Mr. Emerick was an engineer at EMI studios during the 60’s and was lucky enough to observe the making [...]
W-O-R-T
Driving a cab means listening to the radio (I’m too poor for an iPod) and I’m blessed with classy programming during my Tuesday overnights. WORT offers three shows in a row that I like, starting right at 8 when I do. The Original Wilson Brothers (where’s your website, guys?) play pretty decent new stuff as [...]
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