Past Masters

“This blog post from Derek Sivers, CD Baby founder and former CEO, made the rounds ...”

“Informative rant by Too Much Joy dude regarding lazy label accounting. Someone put their video of ...”

“My New Year's Resolution for 2010, already in progress: I'm going to learn how to ...”

“My pal Evan tagged me in one of those Facebook memes. Here’s my answer. ...”

“Not sure what happened to Week 161... but... Talk about hidden gems. Los ...”

“This week, ah well let's see. I've been listening to the Dandy Warhols' first ...”

“I don't put a lot of weight behind the sentimental value of holiday music and ...”

“First I'll start with this page of pretty graphs, which imply that artists fare better ...”

“the Buddy Holly Story the Buddy Holly Story was watched at our house this week. It's ...”

“I sat in on a demo review session last week after a music business seminar ...”

“Someone wrote a KTRU app for the iPhone/iPod Touch! And it's pretty sweet, cuz ...”

“I told her she could edit me, and she said "someone should." Like "SOMEONE should" ...”

“I’ll be in Victoria, TX this weekend visiting my wife’s family. And I won’t really ...”

“I came across this Anni Rossi person this week, whose music I like, but who ...”

“I have busy preparing for the San Francisco Mixtape Society event, even though it isn't ...”

“I have a friend who has a pie get-together every Friday the 13th. On ...”

“We were talking about how we store our music. We currently have vinyl and CDs in ...”

“Recently I worked on a music search for a documentary film where we needed to ...”

“Monday, friends warmed house above the venue. Knowledge of set times was physically transmitted. ...”

“I've been digging business trips a little more these days now that my company has ...”

“I’ve always felt their sound was sort of inimitable. And I’ve always suspected the core ...”

“I hate you, every last one of you. Especially, though, I hate these people: Guy ...”

“While I'm writing this I am making a podcast from a pile of records that ...”

“I don't feel like I have this properly organized in my brain at the moment ...”

“Brace yourself for this week's collection of things from the internet. And finally Hatebeak. I ...”

“I posted last week on time, and i read all the posts this week, and ...”

“This just in (Chicago): Sasha Frere Jones recently declared Hip Hop dead just as I ...”

“This week has been quiet. No rock shows, no morning commute music and no CDs to ...”

“Maryanne Amacher died on Thursday at 66. She was an amazing sound artist, focused ...”

“I'm gonna lay a couple unrelated videos on you this week. First is some accordion music, ...”

“I haven't been a fan for a long time. I used to be a ...”

“There is a folder that sits atop the other folders in my email box called ...”

“Sometimes the internet disappoints somewhat. I figured in this golden age of autotuned Sagan ...”

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“Carl Sagan "A Glorious Dawn" (featuring Stephen Hawking) You can download it here.”

“Listening to music while traveling can be the worst way to listen to music. ...”

“To me the Beatles will always be John Lennon. I know they each had ...”

“My LP collection is a hodgepodge. I've got an obscure album from the Red Crayola ...”

“After returning from New York, I spent last week trying to follow up with the ...”

“A few years ago, a friend of mine got married and asked a few of ...”

“Because I ran across this in my musings and haze this evening and have nothing ...”

“I'm travelling, so I only have a couple videos this week. Enjoy. ”

“oh oh. oh oh sounds like a mistake. But not a big one. ...”

“It's 2 am on a Monday, and I am up late because I can't sleep. ...”

“I spend soooo much time downloading music, it's crazy. I spent most of today ...”

“For years, I've had a strange relationship with musical gear and the idea of the ...”

“This won't get forty comments or anything, but this guy requested YouTube videos from people ...”

“I feel i've been slacking on my blogs recently. 152 weeks there is ...”

“ It looks as if David Byrne has taken another swipe at Houston in a new ...”

“Dorky* dorky dorky dorky dorky dorky dorky dorky dorky dorky dorky dorky dorky dorky dorky ...”

“ It's hump day. It's a humpty week. It's a humpty month. Month of the A ...”

“Hammerhead godheadSilo ”

“What are some of your favorite songs about lies? There must be hundreds of ...”

“Well, we are 2 days away from our record release party... very busy... one ...”

“This week I started a revamp to the disclexington site. It's not much to look ...”

“I have a 60 GB iPod crammed with stuff, but I hardly ever use it. ...”

“I haven't had much interaction with anything new lately, so I decided to force myself ...”

“Here is footage of the recording of Big Star's #1 Album. For some reason the person ...”

“I've been slacking off with these posts recently. This will continue for at ...”

“LESSONS FROM THE BOTTOM How the world of music has made me the freelance software developer ...”

“Ah, to be young, cute and silly.... Garfunkel and Oates One Night Stand This Party ...”

“ Recorded for streaming retreaval on a one off basis courtesy of google'd youtube and many ...”

“Played a show for the first time in over a year, at my friends' art ...”

“After a 65-hour work week and another hellish experience with Newark "Liberty" Airport, I can't ...”

“I just encountered this MetaFilter post this morning. It collects the music mentioned in ...”

“Tuesday: Wednesday: Thursday: Friday: Saturday: Sunday: Monday: ”

“I'm not the guy to write a stirring tribute to Woodstock 40 years on. No, ...”

“ There are more of these on YouTube. You should watch them all. And then there's ...”

“Here's a chance for all of you in the remotest parts of the world, to ...”

“ day one - four people get together and record improvised sounds and music for four ...”

“Sigh.... I will do better someday. In the meantime, I've been getting into ...”

“That John Hughes' unexpected and tragic death on Thursday lit up my TweetDeck in a ...”

“I came across this live performance of "Sylvia Plath" by Ryan Adams the other day: I ...”

“Where did all the jingle writers go? Seems we no longer have product specific ...”

“I wasn't sure what to think of all the recent hype regarding the (possible) new ...”

“Been listening to The Knife all day. Swedish brother/sister electronic duo. Karin Dreijer ...”

“The first time was when they opened up for Juliana Hatfield at - was it ...”

“Merge Records is celebrating 20 years this weekend. An incredible accomplishment considering how hard ...”

“Netflix Watch-It-Now suggested this 1929 Soviet movie the other day, Man With A Movie Camera. ...”

“I was very into Sloan's first album, the MBV-influenced Smeared, but was turned off by ...”

“In so many delightful ways, having kids has brought welcome perspective to my life. I ...”

“Recent developments from the great Eastern European choral tradition: Ok, so you can do this and ...”

“Along with a couple of fellow Nappers past and present, I'll be at the Pitchfork ...”

“I was in Europe during the summer of 2007. On May 18th, I ate ...”

“This weekend has really overtaken me too quickly, what with a bear of a work ...”

“If you haven't seen it already, this fellow's expensive guitar was mistreated by United Airlines ...”

“Irish Car Bomb, Puerto Rican style: El Machetero: shot of Ron de Barrilito ...”

“Houston Symphony is finally getting REAL this month. Tomorrow, enjoy the music of Star Trek franchise. ...”

“I always love my posts in my mind, but unfortunately, they rarely make it to ...”

“Was watching the charming film Jazz on a Summer's Day, which is a documentary of ...”

“Last night, my daughter Maya and I had what seemed like an interminable wait while ...”

“I think I'm in love. I don't know how I missed her whenever it ...”

“Caught the very first show of Sonic Youth's record promo tour. Although I did not ...”

“Hello Music Lovers Everywhere! This post will take you back... back to the early ...”

“I miss Michael Jackson. Here's why: On the 6-hour drive to NYC this weekend for our ...”

“Calle 54 is an old music doc by today's standards. It came out in ...”

“Anybody experimented with electronically amplifying a violin? Tell me about that. Fooling around at the studio ...”

“Maybe next time we'll have another chat with him. I thought it was kind ...”

“Went to see Elvis Costello do a free in-store at Amoeba SF at noon. ...”

“On August 6, 2004, I went to see Wilco play at the stately but long-neglected ...”

“I just have this one video this week. ”

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“ Last Wednesday's studio session was a wash although the band's overall tenacity was not to ...”

“ Action Packed - Ronnie Dawson - posted by kilian Sexy Mother Fakir - Bombay 2: Electric ...”

“I tend to suffer from GAS (gear acquisition syndrome), though it's mostly been in remission ...”

“Ever since Cher asked me if I believe in life after love, I have been ...”

“It's been a while since I last bitched about something here and I wanted to ...”

“Here's where the C*nts rehearse and record: the Music Garage. The place has plated chrome ...”

“post postponed until artie gets back from work as my post is an interview with ...”

“In lieu of my own content I therefore present, Am digging the new Sonic Youth album, ...”

“I think it's important that when you have nothing nice to say, you have a ...”

“It's been yet another slow music week for me, so I will just post these ...”

“I've tried saying it before, but how is someone supposed to react when I tell ...”

“I've had three big things happen to me of late and none of them are ...”

“Well, I was hoping to join in the Eno fun, and cover "Here Come the ...”

“ Aly Spaltro can shut the pieholes of a roomful of malcontents faster than ...”

“As promised, here is a my cover of Baby's on Fire. This was a ...”

“I watched four skits in a row of SNL the other day and found them ...”

“Sorry for being late! I'm pretty excited about having a podcast devoted to sriracha ...”

“I still have a couple of people who need to hand over a song, including ...”

“Oh, hell. I don't have anything this week. I'm going to concentrate on ...”

“In an article in Playgrounds Magazine, Curt Kirkwood of the Meat Puppets talks about their ...”

“My great ambition for Wednesdays on NAP is a recording forum but that follows the ...”

“The funniest thought crossed my mind while looking at my hands the other day. ...”

“I don't seem to be able to write anymore. I think I forgot how. ...”

“With all the talk about torture in the news this week, I thought we should ...”

“Here's a great video. Music by the Kingsbury Manx from their new album Ascenseur ...”

“I'm a truck driver I go where I please The moss and the dixie cup can handle ...”

“An update on Roxana Saberi. I thought about posting something last week. She ...”

“Boy do I have some links for you this week. First, there's this. ...”

“One of my favorite books. A 300+ page poem of the Caribbean. This ...”

“Howdy and happy Cinco de Mayo. Cookie recommendation: chocolate dough with candied serranos, dried ...”

“It has been four weeks since my last napping. Many thanks to my illustrious ...”

“This week, I give to you the Jazz Robot. One day it won't be necessary to ...”

“ Maybe because my childhood continues to play in your beach and hidden behind the cane ...”

“Wednesdays have been fruitful for your author. My daughter was born on a Wednesday and ...”

“other great post headers: don't know, don't care or I got nuthin or In a world... or How it all started or How ...”

““Things became both silly and morose and after a few hours I retired to the ...”

“Went to the International Festival today. In the past I've seen folks like Richard Thompson, Dave ...”

“It feels like this week has gone by so fast. I'll be coming back today ...”

“A few days ago I watched the movie Choke on DVD. Choke is based ...”

“Hey guitarists, did you ever wonder why a right-handed guitar is a right-handed guitar? I ...”

“My apologies for not posting sooner, but I was on a plane all day. ...”

“What did I stake my life on? What did I live for? I floated from ...”

“Chicago: Books and magazines, my traditional sleeping aids, are increasingly being displaced by lightweight documentaries ...”

“What's to say that hasn't already been said, even by myself. Will my chat ...”

“I watched two music documentaries this week, so I feel like I should play a ...”

“Double Sunglasses Sunday, a song from the upcoming 'Ballad of Stayed and Gone' has been ...”

“ Hi. A couple of weeks ago, I listened to two people on the radio talking about ...”

“Here's another cover to add to the recent pile of covers. This one, in ...”

“I grew up on heavy doses of Disney. Mainly comic books, but also cartoons. ...”

“Coincidentally the day mrshl posted about old cassette mix tapes, I was clearing out a ...”

“ The clip above does not show the musical depth that this series goes to, both ...”

“First, musicians' brains synchronize when playing together. Second, more evidence that the long tail isn't so ...”

“This is the father of Rock en Español. Sandro el Gitano de America. ...”

“Can't we all trace our roots back to a struggle? Some have always struggled and ...”

“This is awesome.  No really.  I managed to get songs, podcast them up, load them ...”

“I can do no better than to point you to former NAPster dd's awesome posts ...”

“I got nothin' today. hmm... I could write about Waylon Jennings - thinking about getting some folks together this ...”

“We shouldn’t be surprised if it comes back. This particular jam, from Architecture in Helsinki, ...”

“During my usual scouring of the internet this week, I came across this bit about ...”

“Tinariwen returns to the states in April. Catch these warriors turned musicians - rocking nomad ...”

“Writing my post a few weeks ago, I forgot that I actually have a copy ...”

“I told Mary about us I told her about our great sin Mary cried and forgave ...”

“For the Irish, Chicago was the end of a laborious journey digging ditches across America ...”

“This is going to be one of those rambly posts that probably doesn't even make ...”

“went to a masquerade ball last night drank too much vodka there was karaoke I closed out the ...”

“The Word hasn’t turned you on to the path of righteousness, yet? How about we ...”

“Dusty Hill collects bottle caps and Frank Beard requires barked orders from a headset to ...”

“Well, I waited until the last minute and yet still have only 3 songs from ...”

“A video companion to my post from last week.Jimi Hendrix "May This Be Love"It was ...”

“Discovering Bob Seger was cool oncewas a lot like discoveringSteve Winwood had played with Hendrixwhen ...”

“Shit Sandwich I'm sick. ”

“Who are the people who blog? I think about this as we wonder about ...”

“Hoping to have a guest poster today but in the meantime enjoy this animated short ...”

“When I was a very young youngster of three, I had only a handful of ...”

“The album is mixed! Mastering will be done very soon and the artwork and design ...”

“Was out of town this weekend, so missed seeing Juana Molina at the Great American. ...”

“Potentially useful? Or not. I really can’t decide. It might take one with more imagination ...”

“I don't have much to say this week, but I do think you should be ...”

“When I finally noticed it, it sounded like a dripping faucet. A dripping faucet ...”

“Twice I set the final date and in so doing I observed the walk home ...”

“Shivering shack night, heat up high. Feet on floor to stop the falling. ...”

“TITO’S MOTHERThe salt was dry on my face, and I’d lost track of time, sitting ...”

“One of my neighbors on the 3rd floor of the MIT Media Lab, Amit Zoran, ...”

“I meant to write about this last week, but I've grown so accustomed to not ...”

“I was going to write about Mamma Mia, just to follow up on Lost His ...”

“I won't spend a whole lot of time on this since mrshl's last post (which ...”

“Apologies all around.-----Hi Conor - here's something (from cherry blossom)...One of my colleagues at the ...”

“This week's post is all about YouTube, if you couldn't gather that from the title. ...”

“Billy Bragg. Saw him live the Saturday before election. I generally steer away from ...”

“I found Aretha Franklin's rendition of My Country Tis of Thee embarrassing; not because her ...”

“And I can't help but think that is a bad thing. I know some ...”

“Although I had of course heard bits and pieces of it, before my freshman year ...”

“Nuge here. I woke up Monday feeling pretty hungry and was just about to ...”

“I had lunch with a hippie today - a hippie who just retired. She ...”

“I apologize, I've got nothing for you today, apart from a link to a post ...”

“The other day I was indulging in some old XTC videos when I suddenly saw ...”

“New year, new series. This one is about Puerto Rican music.And I’m going to ...”

“I'm increasingly bored by the notion that God does not exist. God is as essential ...”

“I remember the first time I heard Eartha. It was when my cousin and ...”

“I will be up in the air today, so I give you a song from ...”

“Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!”

“Q: If you had to pick a last song (or piece or movement or ditty, ...”

“This year I have a best of the year list, but there is only one ...”

“got nothing. Music bloggy wise.Let's attempt to at least do something technical to expand ...”

“It was a New Year's tradition in our house to play ABBA's "Happy New Year", ...”

“Writing exerciseRules:1 keep your hand moving2 lose control3 be specific4 don’t think5 don’t worry about ...”

“I don't have much this week, but here are three videos which you may or ...”

“A friend sent me this saying it was not only good for christmas, but required ...”

“I've always found top ten lists, or top anything lists for that matter, a bit ...”

“inventing inventionaww, i was looking forward all week to writing this blog post about all ...”

“I'm at my sister-in-law's wedding this weekend, so I don't have much to say, or ...”

“orThe Means vs. The End: An Exaggeration: A Pointless Manifesto: A Prediction: A Pure Waste ...”

“This content of this post makes me feel sappy and girly, just how I like ...”

“This chair I'm sitting in, it's pretty comfortable. My jaw is numb from like the ...”

“Been listening to the Sundazed reissue of Moby Grape's Truly Fine Citizen, supposedly one of ...”

“Earlier this week I came across this post which has pictures of 70s era rock ...”

“Several months ago I decided to devote NAP Wednesday's to home recording. I am a ...”

“Sorry, not really feeling it today. Have been listening to Drop Nineteens Delaware all ...”

“Happy Thanksgiving.There is an Ice-T song that every year gets stuck in my head around ...”

“I completely forgot my posting day!It's like those dreams where I still think I'm going ...”

“All I have this week is a couple YouTube links.”

“What can I say about Peter Gabriel that you who read this blog don’t already ...”

“Ana Belava keeps her cool while covering local art event for SuperStation WGN.And something from ...”

“This song is my jam right now. I'm kinda busy and headed to San Antonio ...”

“THE DAILY SUN 2One of the things I love about music is the way it ...”

“Hello. I apologize for the late post this week. Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday ...”

“Since we are not playing out as a band as much as we used to, ...”

“it's nearly 1am in washington. the music and dancing in the street is unlike ...”

“First I would like to note that my friends' band Cryptacize is on tour, and ...”

“ It was two years ago already that I did my first post for this ...”

“After complaining for a couple of weeks, I finally figured out that, like drugs, it ...”

“I had started writing an off-topic political post, detailing the reasons why I'm supporting Obama ...”

“I did a radio show for more years than I have fingers (many more) and ...”

“I have no conversations anymore. All I have are To Do items based on ...”

“This was put up a few days ago, so I'm sure you've all seen it ...”

“I have a couple videos this week.FirstSecondNext is Lawrence Lessig's Wall Street Journal piece on ...”

“Last week, I wrote about playing the tenori-on for my grandfather and aunts and uncles. ...”

“I'd never been to Santa Barbara before last Saturday, but that's where I decided to ...”

“Early on in the documentary Danielson - A Family Movie, band leader Daniel Smith offers ...”

“On the eve before the store opens, I am consumed by a bunch of emotions ...”

“Colonel Charles Luther Lowell served as a pilot in WWII. He is eighty-eight years old. ...”

“This year Bossa Nova turns 50, not so nova anymore, but still plenty bossa. har ...”

“Some of you seem to be rather into creative writing, judging from the many such ...”

“A few weeks ago, I left the bar to walk home, like I’ve done a ...”

“The lights are dimmed, the cocktail is at the ready, the toast is buttered... I ...”

“I find North Korea totally fascinating. Who knew they had a website, for instance? ...”

“I don't have much to write about this week besides the book I keep talking ...”

“I'm perfectly willing to admit when I make a mistake. After all, what could ...”

“The lure of money and the pressures of our society to make money and to ...”

“A short survey of what I've been into lately.The Who "Heaven and Hell"After putting some ...”

“I was walking down U st this morning around 9am to get some coffee. ...”

“I see that Justin has ably defused any appeal this song might have had for ...”

“I write to you from the edge of a hurricane. I know that others ...”

“I was hoping for a napcast today, but wasn't able to get that, so, it ...”

“Went to see the surprisingly reunited Polvo play at Bimbo's in the citay on Tuesday. ...”

“I mentioned in a previous post that I'm reading This is Your Brain on Music ...”

“The only place I ever listen to music on the radio is in my car. ...”

“In that sea of cars, trucks, busses, et cetera streaming from NOLA, is a 3-car ...”

“This is a secret post. On the surface it looks like it is saying ...”

“(No music) Yesterday was my oldest boy's first day of Kindergarten.We woke up on time ...”

“Picking up a little bit on Justin's post from Friday, I'm reading a book right ...”

“I would just like to point out a couple things.First there's this study which says ...”

“Just reading yet another story yesterday about how we can get the older generations to ...”

“While on summer vacation in 1995, I interviewed Kiwi (via NYC) space/noise/drone rock band Bailter ...”

“My car's "check engine" light came on again this week. It doesn't actually say ...”

“ajajajjajja aj a ja a jja a ja a ja ja a ...”

“My first experience with a music subculture was with the remnants of the Houston Punk ...”

“...”

“Cramer left a void. I am attempting to fill it.Let me just say this ...”

“I guess I'll write about the music I saw last week.Friday, Two Star Symphony at ...”

“I can sit and watch a good typist type on a manual typewriter and get ...”

“When I signed on to this blog in what is fast approaching two years ago ...”

“Oh man. You know what would be weird, Nat? I mean, like totally ...”

“There’s the Blue Öyster Cult symbol, a combination of a cross and a question mark, ...”

“First off, sorry for posting late today, my home is a madhouse. Cycles. Sometimes we ...”

“Hi there. I'm posting for Conor tonight, here in Chicago, where it's technically midnight so ...”

“When I took this job I thought it was going to be a step up ...”

“After watching the documentary film, Heavy Metal in Baghdad, about the ridiculous labors of Iraq’s ...”

“Rosa's post last week led me to watch a bunch of Nick Lowe videos that ...”

“And here we go with another ConorMix (tm)! This time you can follow along ...”

“i've been spending lots of time with my nintendo ds. i like to write ...”

“At least not this week. Either all is right in the world or nothing ...”

““May you live long enough to look back on your regrets and see them as ...”

“Different”

“Towards a Cosmic Music is a collection of texts by Karlheinz Stockhausen. It includes interviews, ...”

“So Saturday was music appreciation night in Auckland. Perhaps that phrase should be capitalized, as ...”

“two of my dearest friends got married yesterday. the ceremony was outside, where there ...”

“This week I went to the Texas Democratic convention in the Live Music Capital of ...”

“Baby Camiliathe end of the first act. the cliff hanger. the curtain before intermission. the ...”

“I have never understood guitar collectors. These fucking guys who amass an enormous assortment of ...”

“note: in case anyone else missed it (justin said he missed it), i posted ...”

“This post comes courtesy of Brad Tyer - Houston 90s music scene royalty if you ...”

“I wrote it and erased it, with a thick pink eraser. But I could still ...”

“I’ve been up in this motherfucker, writing blogs once weekly for a long damn time ...”

“it sounds like at least a couple of us worked on 48hr films this year. ...”

“The music industry is changing, and in some cases, as we know it, collapsing. Technology ...”

“In honor of my laptop being stolen hours ago when my house was broken into, ...”

“On May 24, 1844, Samuel F. B. Morse dispatched the first telegraphic message over an ...”

“Today I’m going to recommend a couple of movies about music that you may or ...”

“I wonder, but don't worry, about the loss of creativity with age. I personally don’t ...”

“I am roughly as happy this week as I was unhappy last week, despite not ...”

“Tonight in Los Angeles 2 rockabilly legends are playing, Glen Glenn and Mac Curtis. By ...”

“Opening scene for Austin Powers, International Man of Mystery, lots of dancing and being chased ...”

“...Perhaps twenty....Perhaps twenty. And yet it all seems limitless...Perhaps twenty. And yet it all seems ...”

“I just got home from work and am writing in Lucida Grande in honor of ...”

“I have a new neighbor. Or a relatively new neighbor; she's been there for ...”

“A young boy lays on his bed with roadrunner sheets looking over his stamp collection. ...”

“All I have to say this week is that I discovered the band Baseball after ...”

“I didn’t want to do this two weeks in a row at this point, but ...”

“ ...”

““That which you love should own your entire being. There should be nothing left of ...”

“tonight i had an idea for a craigslist band wherein the band would be forced ...”

“When I was asked to do this Saturday’s NAP post, I was in the middle ...”

“I've thought about it for about an hour now and I've decided that I don't ...”

“Sometimes it’s nice the way a project develops over a long period of time. ...”

“On the night of September 21st, 1998, I drove to New Orleans to see a ...”

“i've been thinking about the relationship between music and health and how complicated it is. ...”

“Until the night that my dad flew Project Grimm all the way to Detroit just ...”

“i hope there will be a saturday post because i wouldn't want there to be ...”

“It's possible that I have fallen out of love with music.  There was a time ...”

“I rarely make a point of going to see this or that band. ...”

“My band hasn't had a rehearsal in two months. I'd be hurting for some musical ...”

“Since signing on as a member of the NAP almost a year and a half ...”

“So I was a rock star once. For about an hour or so. It's not ...”

“Ok, here I go trying to play smart again, the curse of a college education. ...”

“Ramon's surprise farewell address brought to mind this story about wandering around the Menil late ...”

“In 1993, my first band Dyn@mutt went on its first tour. I believe we were ...”

“Good morrow. it is 4:24am and I just got back from my requisite Menil walk ...”

“There have been some minor crises here at NAP in the last week precipitated by ...”

“Hello,I am guest posting for Mr. Wednesday as he is detained out of the city ...”

“Junior High I lost my mind.I don't know why. It's a terrible thing.Since that day ...”

“Lately, I’ve been thinking about getting myself into a live performance situation once again. I ...”

“HANDS UP WHO WANTS TO DIE?Or maybe it's an exclamation point. It parses better as ...”

“I don't sleep very well. I toss. I turn. I stare at ...”

“My friend, Todd Cobra, excellent songwriter, guitarist and rocker from bands like The Spinns and ...”

“More or less complete list of songs preceding the Obama rally on 3/3/08:Paul Simon--"The Boy ...”

“My friend, Todd Cobra, excellent songwriter, guitarist and rocker from bands like The Spinns and ...”

“The Necks are a surprisingly underknown band of remarkable longevity with a dogged commitment to ...”

“My friend, Todd Cobra, excellent songwriter, guitarist and rocker from bands like The Spinns and ...”

“We passed droves of sun thirsty wanderers on the Lake Shore Sunday afternoon on our ...”

“He is sitting at the sushi counter, it's 10:30 at night. He is alone. He ...”

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