Cracker

But after a night out on the town, interacting with many of my 'peers'...I have only come to one conclusion, Cue the music    

cracker - live in vienna 2007 a version of eurotrashgirl to be heard in the pub called chelsea; i guess it was the end of may, it was a perfect day, lowery&hickmann and the rest - be blessed!!!

Quite a few people have been wondering what is up with the bands this year. After two years of 100+ shows a year I guess it is a little odd to see just a couple of upcoming shows on our websites. Well i suppose the answer is obvious. we needed to go home and rest, resume our lives and work on new music.

CRACKER

Cracker is currently doing songwriting for a new album. we don't have a release date but if we put something out in the fall that would suit us.
To tide ou... MORE

Listen, its all connected in ways we can never perceive. From that stirring creature at the bottom of a dark scottish loch, to the zombies in their cubicles starring glassy-eyed at the clock, From the earthworm to the cloud. The agony of indifference

As we make our way from dawn to dusk,we learn important lessons."_I don't know what the world may need but I'm sure as hell that it starts with me_"

Five days a week my body is a temple. The other two it's an amusement park.

We have enough youth. How about a fountain of "smart"?

You are not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on.

As we get celebrate the birth of little baby Santa Clause, and the subsequent visit by the three wiseguys,... MORE

Audience recordings are real. They are actual recordings of what happened AND what it sounded like. The potential problem with soundboard (direct line) recordings is that if one instrument or voice is loud on stage, it will not be captured on a simple board feed, and the opposite is true too, that if some sounds are NOT loud on stage, they will be heavy in the mix. In effect, the soundboard tape is the OPPOSITE of the actual sound, unless the band's stage mix is so perfect... MORE

I am loving being a full time music blogger! The pay is not great, non existent actually, but the peace of mind that comes along with this job is priceless...just priceless! I wanted to share my favorite song off of my favorite David Lowery(our fellow mogger) album....Cracker's 'The Golden Age' The first time I listened to this record, many moons ago, I had trouble getting through it because I played this song on repeat SO many times...hope everyone is having a great M... MORE

Week of June 17, 2007

Fatherhood

Ellen Kushner hosts a Sound & Spirit Fathers' Day special about what our fathers mean to us. Music and poetry, myths and stories from the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia combine to show what it is to have and to be a father. Listen or Link My Father died from cihrosis in '91 less than three years after retiring. Our relationship was emotionally crippled from the start and certainly was never like this:

Father Knows Best

(bongos)

well wouldn't you know it, talent comes to pensacola. i went down to the local beachside bar (Flounder's) and caught me a show. "who did you see," you might add. well, i don't know if you were affluent in alternative music from the early 90's until now, but if you've heard of the band Cracker, you know who i'm talkin about. it was a great show. the band went through the gamut of their work (13 years worth) included great singles such as: "teen angst (what the world needs n... MORE

Sometimes I get a notion to dump my crap upon the net, but the web is so tangled already, it just might break. Link to Internet Archives Johnny Hickman and David Lowery put on a wonderful show last night at The Narrows, my only regret was that you were not there to share in it, all of you. David's Mog page - http://mog.com/david_lowery

"Well the chief of police kept the crime off the streets. But deep in his heart, we all knew he felt differently. We all knew he was an anarchist."

I first heard of Cracker from a CD my brother gave me back in the mid-90's. I liked them almost right away, but still remember the first time I became "aware" of what a really talented band they are. I was worrking on the computer in an upstairs bedroom of the rustic log home (meaning mice, bats, flies and frozen water pipes every winter) that we had rented when we first moved back to Upper Michigan after twelve years of travels and living away. Kerosene Hat was playi... MORE

Found this album the other day at Half Price Books. Didn't realize this was on it until I popped it into my cd player.