9/22/17: Sunshine and rainbows and hysterical mutism
What do you do when you’re in the middle of a gig and your voice gives out? You think fast.
Golden Oldies
Have you read the book “Jane Eyre?” It’s one of my all-time favorites. I think I read it for the first time in junior high school, and even now I go back to it every few years. I do it because it’s a great story, and because I get something new out of it every […]
Working it
The past few weeks have been pretty busy, thanks to some wonderful wonderful work. I know everyone hates waking up in the morning to get ready for their jobs, but it’s so great to have a reason to hate waking up. It seems like the best working songs have to do with not liking your […]
7/17/17: Monday Funday Dance Party
Happy toast and drunken squirrels.
7/10/17: US3 & Herbie Hancock
I was always a big fan of this song. I knew they were using samples from Blue Note recordings, but never bothered to track down the original source material. But then it came and found me. I was listening to the radio, and some Herbie Hancock came on: It’s great to listen to […]
6/20/17: CDs and OCD
On organization, loss, and recording media.
6/14/17: Walking the Blues
At the age of 15, I was listening to Culture Club and ABC and Prince and Heaven 17 and Sheila E. Everything was shiny and clean and super-produced. But I also listened to the Rolling Stones, and that led me down a really interesting musical path. My nature, when I run into a new band […]
