A work in progress. This song ‘Life Yard’ has a great story behind it. I wrote it right on the spot on location at my ‘Free Your Mind’ music video shoot when I meet the young folks behind the organic community farm, The Life Yard. They would be at first glance to some, Rude Boys, …
Month: February 2019
Every time I listen to this song I love it more. The message really gets me on an emotional level, and the music is great. And then from a writers point of view I really admire the way he wrote the lyrics. They are so powerful. – Luna Keller Luna Keller’s music and info can …
INDUSTRIΛL ΛCCIDENT from Wax Trax! Films on Vimeo. According to pitchfork.com, “a documentary about the influential Chicago label and store Wax Trax! Records has been announced. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT was directed by Julia Nash—daughter of Wax Trax! co-founder Jim Nash and owner of Wax Trax! Films—and it features interviews with Steve Albini, Trent Reznor, Dave Grohl, Ian …
I woke up and sent a hook for a song with Gregory Issacs, so that’s my Super Bowl. Now not to get way ahead of myself, we are doing some wonderful surgery on an unreleased unfinished track from the vaults of Jam Rock, but sneak play, “Touch Down!!!” Now lets slang some weed. Hangar 420 …
Peter Magowan, savior of the San Francisco Giants, passed away last week at 76. His NY Times obit is here: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/28/obituaries/peter-magowan-dead.html One might quibble with the details of his purchase of the Giants in 1992, but one point is absolutely certain. If he had not had the vision and acumen to build Pacific Bell Park …
“…his brain is squirming like a toad…. In a world where few things can still shock, Lauren Ruth Ward’s multipicity of Doors covers can at least pleasantly surprise by bringing a little post-millenial optimism to some psychedelic staples. Note well the upbeat guitars on “Love Street” and the unfailing Fender-Rhodes keys on “Riders on the …
Clever, emotionally-touching animated video with sweet, reassuring vocals: “I Couldn’t Help Myself” narrates the painful moment after a meaningful relationship has broken apart. It illustrates a pain that cuts through the heart when one person is moving on and the other is still caught in the wreckage. This remarkable and emotionally invested video is the …
Not to in any way diminish the Weather Horrors currently being visited upon so many parts of Our Great Nation. All atmospheric phenomena are of course relative, and very few towns or cities in America are notably prepared for significantly sub-zero weather conditions. But “facts is facts”, as Will Rogers surely said! And my hometown …
Nothing is more urgent than this. Stop whatever you’re doing and listen. “Kiss of Judas” pays homage to UK big beat pioneers, The Prodigy. Faimkills asks the questions: “Where is my seat at the table?”, demanding attention via brash imagery about naysayers, fair-weathered connections, and trying hard not to be a jaded artist in an …
Light bulb idea: I want to shoot a video for our first regional hit, Easy Rider with Decurrian Rapmusic rolling in a hooptie… But he’s driving and I’m in Shotgun. We never address the fact he’s blind. We released this song in 2007 on our first album, The 12th Street Blues. It always bummed me out that …
One thing that has changed the way I see the world around me, is witnessing so many people in my little algorithmic universe struggling with depression. I wonder about those hiding it. Talk therapy is powerful stuff. I can say I am not depressed. Seeing those struggle I realize that can change. I feel like …
My boy Benny Franklin refused to patent the Lightning Rod and his Franklin Stove, because he said, “Look, I’m rich. I’m already hella’ famous. I have enough money. What am I gonna’ do horde all this money like some chump, and have my own vanity Space Program?” America rose because of people like Ben. But …
Lately we’ve seen this term in every article, think piece, blog, Tweet, podcast, and broadcast. Books are using it in their titles, and it’s being printed on everything from socks to t-shirts. It’s even been co-opted by advertising, to sell products for corporations. But what exactly is a “Badass Woman”? There is no universal, objective definition of …