Musee Mecanique

Oh the joys of the age of modernity that was. Sean Ogilvie and Micah Rabwin of Musee Mecanique are touring with Laura Gibson, and I talked to them after their Friday night performance. It was about 1 a.m. in the morning, we were all slightly sleepy, I was slightly hypnotized, and their [...]

The Helio Sequence

When I wrote Helio Sequence to ask them about themselves in prep for their up-and-coming show, I didn’t expect to be showered with a kaleidoscope of thoughtful responses that ranged from French philosophy and family picnics to babies and War and Peace – kept together, of course, by the awesome thread of the sound of [...]

Low vs. Diamond

Coldplay has announced that they will retire gracefully after their next cd. Of course I will miss them. My life would have been entirely different without Parachutes and A Rush of Cold Blood to the Head. But I respect their judgment and the fact that Chris Martin should have family time [...]

groupies

soundbites from our stint in the life of a groupie…
Cat filled us in on Jason’s early romances. She goes way back with Jason. They are practically from the same hometown. If only he knew…
Cat: “This is Cat. I’m very upset because I’ve known Jason since before he was a Somebody. I’ve known him [...]

Heavy Metal and Myth: let your mind ramble on…

it’s common knowledge that tolkien influenced led zeppelin, but did you ever think of exactly what that meant? that means that j.r.r. tolkien radicalized the entire music WORLD of TODAY. stairway to heaven to pretty-much-any-guitar-player-you-can-name (even nada surf!). there’s rock, and there’s progg, and there’s alternative, and there’s classic, and there’s surf, [...]

19 Sept

Happy Internat’l Talk Lak A Pirate Day to ya matey! I kid you not. Yarr.