A week ago yesterday, Ball of Wax Volume 4 was released, featuring 16 songs by local artists all of whom covered each other. I covered Andrea Maxand‘s “Here Comes the Revolution,” and Smile Brigade covered my song “Devices.” Rosyvelt is on it too (featuring your’s truly moonlighting as a rock drummer), as is Seth Howard, [...]
I sometimes get asked when my next record is coming out. It’s true I’m taking a long time at it, to the extent that I don’t want to make predictions. And yet, a lot of music-related activity is going on. Two weekends ago I visited Portland to help out on Daniel G. Harmann‘s next album, [...]
Happy New Year, first of all. Second, I’m hating the rain today. Really hating it. But third, I have a new favorite band/recording project: Troop 237. Check it out: myspace.com/troop237.
I saw Rose Melberg tonight! I even met her and shook her hand. For those not in the know Rose was in the Softies, and is one of my very favorite songwriters and singers. Top 5 favorite. Rose is in the middle of her first tour in a long time, and tonight she was in [...]
I should mention you can now order Ball of Wax Volume 2 on the J-Shirt site for $3 plus $1 shipping. That’s a ridiculously cheap price for 19 songs in a handmade, screenprinted sleeve (care of Levi Fuller). Ridiculous! Order several!
Hello, I have an announcement about the graze t-shirts. I’ve ordered more of them, and I’ve added a size, and also decided to do away with some sizes. Specifically, I’m doing away with the women’s shirts because: 1. it’s way, waaay too complicated to deal with that many sizes at shows. It’s ridiculous. It really [...]
I have a track called “conditions” on the latest Ball of Wax audio quarterly put out by Levi Fuller. You can buy a copy (19 songs!) at www.ballofwax.org for $4. I’ll have it for sale up here at some point in the future, and I’ll probably have copies at shows. I’m playing at the Funhouse [...]
Here’s a poster that Jeffrey designed for our show Wednesday at the crocodile: It’s pretty. By the way, you should go. To the show I mean.
I have shows coming up, and they’re the only ones I have scheduled, which means they’re the last shows for a while. So, you should come out to see them — the graze home page has the details.
A few weeks ago my pal Robb asked me if I would play bass for him at a show, as his usual bass player was to be out of town. Robb is a rock god, so I said yes, and on Friday I got to play with him and drummer Eric Eagle at ToST. It [...]