Today I joined Kim Sedlock for her fine "A Red Head Spins The Blues" show on our local low power FM station, WSCA 106.1. T'was fun times! I yapped about all things music, zuzu, kids, influences, and played a bunch of old and new songs. If you'd care to hear it, You can find it archived here:

aredheadspinstheblues.podomatic.com

enjoy!
Jon

It was time to get the band some dates to play!  You can only woodshed so much before you get diminishing returns. Having some dates "in the books" feels good.  The band is really starting to gel, and last nights Fury's June residency gig was only the first of four this month. Woot.  For real though, there's a nice chemistry in the band.  Getting Dave Nebbia behind the kit is just the thing we needed. It's feeling good!  It's funny to hear people's reactions to seeing …

am I buggin you? I don't mean to bug ya. Tuesday, 03 January 2006 New Year's resolutions. Bah. Who keeps those things? Well, this year I've got a good one for you, one that should be easier to keep than the rest. You should see more live local music in 2006. Yes, yes, I'm more than a little biased. I play music and write about music for a living. God forbid you're one of those poor souls who has randomly asked me a question about music only to be treated to a well-intentioned filibuster about some …

For the five of you who are actually still wondeing when my next record will actually come out, if ever: I have some news which, skepticism aside(!), might bring a smidge of excitement!  Recently, my pal Andrew Hodgkins of the late, great As Fast As was visiting from his new home in NYC.  He and I spent the better part of three or four days laying down basic tracks for the new album. Yay!  My pal and bassist Geoff Taylor and I have been going through the tunes since, and the foundation for …

band o' young dudes in the studio. last night the drummer asks, "so, what's yer favorite band? like, do you have a favorite?" man! i *used* to be able to answer that question! it was a dose of reality that my relationship with music has changed dramatically over the years. i mean, in high school, who you liked DEFINED who you were (or were trying to be), didn't it? The lines were clear. In my twenties, I had more of an idea of who I was, and my true tastes, but I still harbored fear over over …