For those of you who do not follow every move I make with the fervency of a religious zealot, I made my latest post for WFMU’s Beware of The Blog yesterday. It…
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U.S. Christmas – Salt The Wound
U.S. Christmas, also known as USX for short, hail from the mountains of North Carolina. Their sound is huge, enveloping, painkiller-slow jams. Totally psychedelic and far-out, this is one of the first…
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Interview: Z
At some point on my never-ending quest to interview all of my friends, I realized that I had a life before Los Angeles. I thought, it might be pretty funny to interview…
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Hendrickson Road House – Hendrickson Road House
Another album from my list of the top ten private press records all music fans need to hear during their lives. Lovingly donated by an anonymous Swan Fungus reader. Two short reviews…
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41 Seconds In State Prison
It was one of the more surreal “mystery drives” I’ve taken. After driving 86 miles north of Los Angeles, I found myself on some road called Avenue J near Lancaster, California. As…
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Earthless / Tortoise @ The Troubadour; Los Angeles, CA
My concert attendance has been so haphazzard lately, when I look at listings I feel like I’m high and could possibly make some really bad decisions. The only shows I want to…
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Softball Recap: Cube Zombies 24 – Los Nuevos Expos 18*
Yes, that asterisk is intentional. You’ll learn all about it later. This week our team was dealt a crushing defeat. Truly this was another matchup we should have won, but defensive lapses…
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Sunday Mix Tape Number 152
I forgot to blog yesterday. Too much happened. So I’m back-dating this entry to Sunday Night because…oh, if only my night had gone well enough for me to get this thing done.…
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Gandalf The Grey – The Grey Wizard Am I
As described yesterday, here is a must-hear private press album by Gandalf The Grey, which was lovingly donated by an anonymous Swan Fungus reader. The Acid Archives say, “Fashioning himself after a…
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The Top Ten Private Press Records
Oh man, what a horrible day. Today was to start my five consecutive days of working open-close, and I woke up to a $3,000 tax levy from the IRS. Bank account frozen…