The NEW Sounds of Summer
By: DJ Ducky / Jessie Stepan We’ve all heard The Beach Boys. You can’t live in America, especially on the Western seaboard, without hearing at least ONE song by...
Category: Music
The Importance of Odion Livingstone Records and the Impetus of Decolonizing African Music
African and Asian musicians are often living subserviently working for a white privileged man practicing homogenous postcolonialism. For decades, and to this da...
How The Moog Synthesizers Helped Revolutionize the Sound of Hip Hop
by William Vance When Robert Moog sold his first vacuum-tube theremin kit back in the early 1950s, one would scarcely imagine he envisioned the world-changing i...
Roky Erickson
Like you I am sitting here thinking about Roky Erickson. I heard the news that he passed away two days ago. Sad news. Since I was on my computer when I he...
5 Pick Up Lines for Spring Lovers ala David Berman from Silver Jews
Fans of the Silver Jews often recognize the lyrical genius of songwriter and founding constant member David Berman. The band formed in 1989, as an indie rock ba...
A Music Video Introduction to the Wide, Weird World of Sparks
There will always be a region of the music world for which any concession to visual flair is considered anathema, where Vans and sensible jeans are the rule. Y&...
Will Sergeant – a listener’s perspective
It does not happen as often as it used to, but I am sometimes still met with a quizzical face, when I mention that Echo & The Bunnymen are one of my favorit...
Spy Jazz
Following the end of World War Two, the US moved into an era of prosperity. Dad went to work each day. Mom stayed home and raised the kids. The kids went to sch...
Zines In Stereo Spotlight: Melanie Fey
I first met Melanie many years ago in my hometown of Flagstaff, AZ. She was one of many fellow Navajo teens who were into punk and metal. At the time, there was...
An Eyewitness Account of Claudio Simonetti’s Goblin Portland, OR 2018
On November 11th, 2018 Jim and I were present in the audience to witness Claudio Simonetti’s Goblin at the Hawthorne Theater in Portland, OR. We approached this...