Rebel radio live (not actually live but alive and kicking, screaming actually after this damn keyboard's tweaky deleting tendencies) from Los Anchorage which this evening is a paradise, blurring the lines between sea and sky, music and memory. So we tap a vein and let it run...Coming up music from Jonny Greenwood's score to the … Continue reading Bloodcast_3
Bad as Me: Hanging with Tom Waits
Well virtually hanging anyway in the front seat of a very rusty old car with a great set of speakers. New Waits album, Bad as Me scheduled to drop on October 25th but it's been leaked and Tom's not too happy about it. A spoiled birthday surprise so to speak. I can understand wanting to hear … Continue reading Bad as Me: Hanging with Tom Waits
Just Because…
Lyrics are poetry and poetry is April and "I'm gonna start doing my own stunts, just because" and because Breathe Owl Breathe are one of my favorites and I'm super excited to hear that they are coming back to Pickathon in August and I'll get to see them for the 2nd time in as many … Continue reading Just Because…
Zentown
A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to get together with my friends Bridget Cross and George Kuhar of Maybe it's Reno before they took off for their SXSW debut. A night talking about poetry and music led us to the conclusion that we should do a little collaboration in the studio and it … Continue reading Zentown
Americana at its finest
The storytelling of Patterson Hood, songwriter/frontman for The Drive-by Truckers is nothing less than an immaculate portrait of the sprawling, family, political drama of life in America. "Uncle Phil & Aunt Phyllis In The Month After The Election" is complete with betrayal, transformation, pharmaceuticals and ass-biting dogs. Hood's first solo album, Murdering Oscar is recently … Continue reading Americana at its finest