First of all, Swan Fungus wishes to send our condolences to the family of Randall Mario Poffo (ring name “Macho Man” Randy Savage). Macho Man was always my second favorite wrestler as…
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Road Runners – Goodbye / Tell Her You Love Her
This 7″ 45 plus an old concert flyer for a Road Runners show in Fresno, CA passed through my hands at work recently. Now, I know what you’re thinking: “Evan, who cares…
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Sunday Mix Tape Number 216
Good times, people. Good times. Guys night out yesterday was a total shit-show. It involved $112 worth of shots at the first bar we hit, a stolen bottle of Jack from another…
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Harald Grosskopf – Synthesist
One of the great unsung talents at the center of the Krautrock movement, Grosskopf never really received the acclaim of a Schuzle or Gottsching. But he was vital to the recording of…
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Do Make Say Think – Besides
Limited to 1000 copies, this is easily the rarest Do Make Say Think release. It also happens to contain one of the best grooves the group has ever laid down, “I Love…
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Sunday Mix Tape Number 215
At Birds. Where I drink quite often these days. I sit down and order a drink. Thesy remarks, “Dude, you look really good. You’re glowing!” Uh…really? Are you sure I’m not just…
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Calexico @ Echoplex; Los Angeles, CA
It’s been almost 8 years since the first time I saw Calexico. During their tour for Feast Of Wire I caught them at a small restaurant/club called NXNW in the suburbs of…
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VDSQ Solo West Coast Tour @ Show Cave; Los Angeles, CA
Thank God for Google Reader. Without it I probably wouldn’t have checked Mark McGuire’s blog and found out that he was playing in LA as part of the VDSQ solo acoustic West…
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Sunday Mix Tape Number 214
At least one wise man — or maybe scores of wise men — once said that music is not your friend in the immediate aftermath of a negative life-changing event. I don’t…
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Warm Weather Music
The weather has been really nice in Los Angeles for the past week or so. It has provided me with numerous opportunities to take my new car out for drives across the…