happy monday, douchebags! what about them grammys last night? yeah, i watched it. have no idea why, cause in the end it only pisses me off, but im a glutton for punishment. what was funny to me was the twitters was a flutter with the question of who is “bonny bear” or bon iver. that [...]
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john mellencamp live in noblesville, in, 7.4.92
mount moriah live on kdhx, 2.10.12
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top of the evening. still trying to push this mount moriah record, cause its fan-fucking-tastic. so here they are playing on kdhx which is out of st. louis. buy it via amazon Mount Moriah: Live at KDHX 2/11/12 by KDHX
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the replacements live at the ritz, 10.26.87
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happy saturday, a-holes! i aint got much going on except enjoying a few beers before i start my medical treatment tomorrow which of course puts on the wagon for 10 days. who knows? maybe ill go longer, i could stand to lose a few pounds. also, me and the wife are supposed to quit smoking [...]
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teenage fanclub: the black sessions
top of the evening! hope everyone had just the most loveliest of weeks. shit, i know i did! or maybe not really, or it was fine, or just there. i havent decided. i did learn today that i have a sinus infection and a deviated septum. yay for genetics! dont think i have brought this [...]
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what im listening to right now: wess floyd’s foxhole confessions
let me ask you a question. do you like the rock and the roll? im assuming you do cause your visiting this joint, but really do you love it? i do! otherwise i wouldnt be going on 7 years of running this place. with the interrogation out of the way, i gotta rock n’ roll [...]
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cmj sampler 2003
firstly, i was really surprised to see that cmj was still around, but it doesnt appear they actually are in the magazine business – the old business model. i subscribed for years from maybe like 93ish to maybe 2000? anyway, happy to see they’re still around even though they’ve been really out of my brain [...]
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lydia loveless and scott h briam live at one eyed jacks, 2.10 – win tickets
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hey new orleans! these two fine people – one finer than the other, lydia loveless and scott h biram, are playing at one eyed jacks on friday, and you can grab a pair of tickets if you want to go to the show. how do you win said ticket, you ask? just leave a comment [...]
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what im listening to right now: water liars’ phantom limb
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i believe i had heard of the band phantom limb from a year or two back, but dont believe i had the pleasure of listening to em. well, know phantom limb is water liars and the name of their upcoming record is entitled phantom limb. hows that for confusing? either way i am actually on [...]
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new multitudes “old la”
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been waiting for this one for a while now, but tis finally in my grimy lil mitts. although, i havent listened to it yet. this, being the new record of unreleased woody guthrie lyrics put to tape by 3 dudes who i love, and one i used to really like. those men have made up [...]
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dust radio: a film about chris whitley – kickstarter
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as y’all know i am a huge, huge, huge whitley fan, and i want this to get made or at least distributed. they have a hefty goal, but dammit if the internets cant do it, no one can. chris’ music meant a lot to me, and it really pains me to see some of these [...]
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superchunk live at the whisky a go go, 2.11.92
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flyer stolen from vintage richmond top of the day! that flyer is not this show, but from the time period. dont have much time as i actually have “work” to do, but i had a request for this superchunk show which took place on 2.11.92 at the whisky a go go. this performance was actually [...]
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you should be listening to: elephant micah’s louder than thou
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in my humblest of opinions, i dont believe there are many artists out there that put out extraordinary material as much as joe o’connell aka elephant micah does on a consistent basis. i dont know how many people are aware of his work, but they should be. in fact i believe i did a “you [...]
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neutral milk hotel live in danielsville, ga, 9.14.97
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here we meet again. so, mr mangum is doin some dates. not many dates, mind you, but enough to get some really smart people to spend their hard earned cash to travel to these dates. maybe its just me, and it just may be, but i was a huge, huge, huge fan of neutral milk [...]
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zoe muth and the lost high rollers “before the night is gone”
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i really, really hate when this happens. an artist i really dig releases a record, and i am none the wiser. in this case its zoe muth and the lost high rollers’ starlight hotel which was released all the way back in april of 2011. seriously? how did this fly under my radar? some pr [...]
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springsteen’s greetings for asbury park, nj – outtakes
for some damn reason during my 3 year stint in nola i didnt go to jazz fest. its not for lack of trying, but it just never worked out in my favor. well, this year its gonna happen as bruce and the rest of the gang are playing said fest on 4.29 – which i [...]
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ponyboy “saints & liars”
im gonna preface this by stating that i am only a man, and being the heterosexual man that i am, i am drawn to women; especially lovely women you can sing, and play guitar. so, i have zero shame in saying what drew me to listen to ponyboy’s music is that she’s quite an attractive [...]
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from the youtubes! second edition
as with the first edition, these are just a bunch of videos from youtube, duh!, that i have been diggin on lately. enjoy… from their reunion show! awesome…
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lucero “sometimes”
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what a way to end the week! here be a track from lucero’s upcoming ato release, women & work, which is due out on 3.13.12. they’re following up the release with a pretty big tour which hits new orleans on 3.11 at tipitina’s with william elliott whitmore opening up. thats a musicgasm lineup right there… [...]
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craig finn “honolulu blues”
i hadnt planned on talking about the new craig finn record, clear heart full eyes – due out next week, cause i figured just about every other blog had talked about it already. maybe they have, maybe they havent? honestly i dont check these things, but sometimes i just hate adding to the noise. what [...]
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fiona apple live at the orpheum, boston, 11.8.97
a lot of sites have “gone black” today in opposition to sopa, which if dont know what i am talking about that video down there breaks it down very well. i thought about not posting, but why censor myself, when others are trying to do the same thing. if anything, i think some folks should [...]
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