This is why the human race is dumb. How many people do you know don’t think about who made these political memes, why they made them, and who paid for them to be in front of us as particular individuals? We are not a smart species. So bravo, yes we overachieved. We invented social media. …
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Facebook was suspending people for so called Community standards, while letting Russia destroy the fabric of our communities and our Republic. Al Franken brought this up, asking how many of these ads were purchased with Rubles and why the hell FB didn’t flinch, let alone sound the alarms. The next day Al was cooked with …
I have been fighting myself not to start writing a new song everyday. A real accomplishment would be finishing a song week. But tonight I lost that War. The motto of Carpe Diem has fascinated me since I first learned the Latin phrase, which translates to “seize the day.” I just came back from a …
I pulled off losing all that weight since March. Now it’s time to get that muscle back. Hearing your song on Jamaican pop radio and shaking hands with David Rodigan at a BBC television taping has a way of making you want to come back and shock Jamaica. I haven’t even played there LIVE yet, …
I cannot sit by and watch the legacy of Bill Walton be tarnished by valid criticism of his diminishing mental faculties. This is the man that gave birth to Luke Walton. If he wants to drop acid and do color commentary, by all means, just turn his mic off. Put on a Beach Boys cassette …
Before I am 50, I want to have an orchestra perform a symphony I wrote. The melodies and themes, and chord structures will be a breeze. I can lay that out now. But to arrange the music with the brushes available to Beethoven, that’s the hard part. I am really good at the skeleton of …
Some of my conservative friends got mad at me for even analyzing ‘Baby it’s Cold Outside’ after they made a political post comparing it to the pass so called Liberals give rap. Especially the rap we grew up with. It was actually a really good discussion topic. But of course when I simply analyzed the …
Congratulations to Marco Collins. He’s going back on the air. I grew up listening to Marco on The End. He is featured in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame for his roll in making Seattle very very very very famous for becoming the final frontier of this Revolution we still love, called Rock & Roll. …
I want to better understand where free speech begins, ends, lives, and ultimately dies. There are billions of people on this website, and some people go to jail and get shot on bridges for what you and I have said on here without giving this a second thought. Yet if our political climate shifts, or …
LAND OF A 1000 Hooks: I am working with Adam Kutchman on a new track. It’s been an exciting challenge to connect with different producers and friends on developing singles I intend to reproduce on stage. Some of these songs…they sound like hits. I am used to playing a song for years before I even have a …
What a photo of Justin Smith and I at possibly the last Staxx Brothers show in Seattle. This was not long before I stripped down to my boxers and made deep precious love to that hammond like the sexy and consensual piece of furniture she is. Yesterday a customer came in the shop and said “wait, you’re …
I finally wrote a song about The Mongols. I was on the way to work listening to Persian history and the Mongol King Tamerlane comes up. What a name. I wrote this wondering wanting to sing about The Golden Horde of Mongols that ruled Russia up until Ivan The Terrible. Well it turns out the …
Oh this is dumb. But I want to know how dumb it is. Can you water proof regular cordless headphones? Probably not. I am betting 3 to 1 odds against me. None of the headphones for swimming are really suitable for a myriad of reasons, including the fact that bluetooth is trash when it comes …
8 years ago at The Boom Boom Room George Clinton sent down his troops in Parliament Funkadelic to sit in The Staxx Brothers after their show at Yoshis. The owner Zander Andreas who was considering managing The Staxx Brothers at the time, gave us the heads up that George had mentioned his plans, and that …
January 5th one of my dreams comes true. Eva Walker is interviewing me that evening on KEXP’s Audio Oasis. The label, which I have yet to announce and will soon, is reintroducing ‘Free Your Mind’ in digital stores in conjunction with Eva’s interview. To my knowledge, I have never been played on KEXP. Given that I released …
Getting into the Irish poet Phil Lynott. I always knew I would. I think I need to start covering ‘Whiskey in a Jar’. He had what Van Morrison called the Hurrrrah in his voice, that real singers have. You either have it or you don’t. A singer should make you turn your head and turn …
You are going to hear more about my label and production company Soul United. I am launching a new band called The Soul United Allstars to bring music to stage in some exciting ways at home and around the globe. I have a label that has been teaming up with other labels to get music …
Things that fascinate me #137 about this Brave New World today: What if I did pass out 5000 fliers? It used to be the normal thing. Now you trust an algorithm. And now thanks to algorithms Donald Trump is President, and America is a fascist state the world genuinely enjoys laughing at – with every …
Yeah, I am never getting past the House of Representatives, even when I’m 80. Thank you Justin Smith for pausing from your duties on keyboards to capture this Golden moment, moments after a fan said, “You said you would” And I said I said, “A f☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ck I did.” …and then I realized I was wearing the undergarments …
Recently as life’s challenges have seemed unsurmountable, like climbing a frosty ass glacier in just my adidas warm ups, I have managed to overcome that sense of helplessness and improbability, because of one secret. Sly Dunbar wants ‘Free Your Mind’ to be a hit, he loves the video, and is happy to tell people about …
My word. I rushed out of the house this morning to work out at Body By Impulse which I am excited to tell you all about, but knowing I wear the electric super hero suit there, I left in my pajamas, clinging to my work clothes in a bag. But at some point I stopped clinging to …
I have ten killer recordings to put on The Staxx Brothers‘ last record. I am not sure if they will all make it. But these are outstanding songs that just took a little more time. I note where we recorded basic tracks. Most of these songs could have been on Hot Chocolate. But that album had …
Ah a day off. Stingshark Sting invited me to his studio to work on vocals for my collaboration with Hold in Fyah, ‘Going South’. It’s this exciting new direction for me, where I bring a song to a band that I know will knock it out the park, and we cut it with the crew backing me up …
I am lucky that for the last three years I have worked with Chris Mcfann & Erin Mikkelsen on an annual Staxx Brothers weekend at der Hinterhof. Leavenworth is a magical little place. We actually picked one of the slower weekends between seasons to bring more business and original live music to the community. Chris is a visionary. He and …
Well that was a wild ending. I didn’t want to strip tonight. But I mentioned off hand last night that I would get down to my boxers if people came back the second night to my last Staxx show. Well f☆☆☆☆☆ck. I drank a bit last night and I usually don’t, and I forgot that …
If You’re Gonna Ride Your Trojan Horse to the Party and Pack the Champagne, by Davin Michael Stedman
Trump did fire his attorney general Jeff Session in yet another attempt to cover up an obstruction of justice probe that is most legally viable way to hold our President accountable for Treason. It’s called a Trump-Russia probe because we witnessed a Coup and millions of calculated attacks on America and Americans using Facebook as …
Jumping rope, listening to great song after great song; thinking about these last shows, and what comes next. I’ll be in Leavenworth this weekend singing with The Staxx Brothers, celebrating. You can join me. It’s been quite a year. I was reminded that a year ago I wrote a song at a 502, covered in …
Heading to Leavenworth this weekend to close one chapter and start the next. Come see The Staxx Brothers hold court at one of our favorite venues and hangs of all time, der Hinterhof. Since Chris Mcfann and Erin Mikkelsen bought the place they put a lot of love into making the bar a home for local, regional, and even national acts. These …
The new Queen movie did a pretty darn nice job of capturing how bad ass it is to be in a Rock & Roll band in that moment when a song and a band is kicking so much f☆cking ass…and that joy is in a genuine circuit with a willing and participating audience. A living. …
This is why The SeaMonster Lounge matters. This was last call. Eric Struthers played here tonight. This is why I am proud to rep this City and why I have to travel the world to do so. I love Seattle and everything this town has given me. I want to bring more greats from around the World and I …