It has finally occurred to me just how far we've slipped back into the ooze from which we sprang. Enlightenment was only a tease. Progression is a myth. Musicians at large, and in particular the local scene here in Utah, have completely lost touch with what it means to be an artist.

Or perhaps I'm just too old. Old enough to remember there is ( Read more... )

“Manny's Musical Instruments, a Midtown landmark since 1935, will close its doors forever at the end of May, and the remainder of the Music Row-as the block of W. 48th Street between Seventh and Sixth Avenues is affectionately known-may soon fall like a row of dominoes.”


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This weekend, with kidlets in tow and with the help of Miah and his van, we finally picked up and assembled our new crib. Well, it’s Wolfie’s crib really (tho i’m a bit jealous). It’s quite lovely, exceptionally sturdy and looks well at home in the library wing of the top floor of our urban sanctuary.  Now i realize that we won’t actually be ( Read more... )

New amp = not so great in the real world (of noisy bandymutts ( Read more... )

   Big, black, and brightly lit up on the inside, the damn tour bus rolled right past our front door as we were heading back in from walking the J-monster back to her car. It's not really a safe neighborhood after dark, you know... ya. It's not bad. i love the constantly lurking element of uncertainty - across the street, passing in front of the ( Read more... )

X96 (mainly todd) just played Blaqk Audio.

if you don't know~ Go Here

(said they sounded like Heaven17 - wtf?)
i say more like Depeche Mode + Human League, bathed in vegan angst, with mr.H singing both male & female parts. 
Yep.

ahh... davey...

oh man... i really love this band.


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Why is it every other song on the damn radio seems to relate somehow to my own madness...
are all songwriters stupid schmucks, or what?

Holy Shit~
X96 is actually playing Placebo's cover of "Running Up That Hill" by Kate Bush.

perhaps there is a god of spring...

This almost redeems Todd Nukem for that horrendous piece of crap, Mickey Avalon.

...mmm, not quite.

Don't forget to drink your whiskey and smash your clocks this weekend.
~jesse.

7 songs I'm into right now -- Tagged by k3llya"List seven songs you are into right now, no matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they're not any good but they must be songs you're really enjoying now. Post these instructions in your Live Journal along with your seven songs. Then tag seven other people to see what they're listening to ( Read more... )