I believe this is the first thing Dave did post Nirvana. This or drumming for Tom Petty on SNL. He also recorded every part of the first Foo Fighters album but for one guitar part by Greg Dulli (on “X-Static”)…which leads us to…1994. On this date (see below…LIVE on MTV) Dulli does most of the … Read More
Happy B Day to Benny (do you think Benny the Bull is named after him?) You know that most of the time I just write…but this time I was too curious. Stay here. I’ll open a new window and check. Sadly, Benny is not named after Mr Goodman. Mr The Bull was named after Ben … Read More
Song of the Day Awful, cold, rainy day. Time for a bit of the Power Pop. Only 19 years old. Impressive. Wishing him all the best. Remember you can hear the Song of the Day (and other great new tunes) on this week’s new music radio program NEXT. It’s week 578 (an attempt at a … Read More
Song of the day: Monday I catch a whiff of early Liz Phair. That’s never a bad thing. She is so much more than “Sad Girl/Boys suck”. I hope. Plus it seems like most people are moving to Nashville lately…she’s bucking that trend. She lives in NYC. I may need to search her out for … Read More
I am a fan of talent. I’m a bigger fan of good people. Marty Casey is both. I put together a charity concert in Chicago to raise money for a college scholarship our family starting in the honor of my dad who died by suicide. Marty found out about the concert and asked to perform … Read More
We play a game called My 3 Songs. I pick a topic. Present it to my listeners. They chime in with their 3 favorite songs about said topic. This time around “Laughing within a song”. A song that contains some sort of actual laughing. As always NEXTers thank you for your comments and playing along. … Read More
Robert Johnson, legendary blues musician who influenced Muddy Waters, The Rolling Stones, and thus, everyone else, was born today in 1911 (or close to today). Hazlehurst, Mississippi was his birthplace but what about the rumor and the crossroads? Most people go to the junction of Highway 61 and Highway 49 and have their photograph taken. … Read More
No. I am one of those people. Fuck me. My state of mind and being was explained in yesterday’s post with my interview with Ben Morse (and Frank Turner). So if you care…click over, then come back. Hey welcome back. So let me explain the dreaded feeling that I wrote about in the opening sentences. … Read More
A friend of mine noticed that Get Better was screening in NYC. She asked if I wanted to go. Silly question, hell yeah I did. Frank Turner is one of my favorite performers. Live, he (and the Sleeping Souls) is (are) brilliant. Truly a DO NOT MISS live band. So I had tickets to the … Read More
I don’t know where to begin. This is brilliant. Just brilliant. This is, of course, the perfect time to release a remake of The Beatles’ Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band as a Star Wars: A New Hope concept album. Yes, that’s right. These lovely human beings took 5 years to re-create the whole of … Read More
