The legendary Replacements were the ramshackle Beatles of the Midwest if no one had listened to the Beatles. In Episode Three of the Mix Is In I tackle their wild history and try to come up with a playlist that matches their chaotic story. Listen wherever you get your podcasts. Episode Three - The Replacements... Continue Reading →
Hollis Brown has been burning up the New York scene since they came out of Queens. With the release of their latest album Ozone Park, they've been starting to get some of the attention they deserve. Tune in to episode two of The Mix Is In where I put together a playlist to try and... Continue Reading →
In the premiere episode of my new podcast, The Mix Is In, I take a look at the Interrupters. The Interrupters are the ska-punk superheroes bringing Ska back to the airwaves with hits like "She's Kerosene" and "Take Back The Power". Listen wherever you get your podcasts. Episode One - The Interrupters The Playlist... Continue Reading →
This evening I sat down at my computer to do some editing on a podcast I’m launching. Before I got started, I did a quick scan on social media and was reminded that Bob Dylan had released a new song late yesterday called “Murder Most Foul.” I was reminded of this by a Facebook post... Continue Reading →
I bought ‘...And Out Come The Wolves’ a few weeks after moving to Delaware. I got it because I liked the single ‘Time Bomb’ a lot. I had no real inkling I would be buying one of the seminal albums of my life. The record came out in the summer of 1995. The cover was... Continue Reading →
2019 sucked for me. I lost my job of more than a decade in May and then had a long series of medical issues then landed me in the hospital four times and had some long periods of waiting that prevented me from really seriously looking for a job and ate up most of my... Continue Reading →
Somehow I had never heard of the band Avoid One Thing until last week. I was aimlessly scrolling through the social media wasteland when incredible artist Nan Coffey posted that her friend Joe Gittleman had a new album coming out. I pay attention when people who clearly have superior taste (seriously, browse her site) recommend... Continue Reading →
The other day while aimlessly scrolling through twitter Nathanial Freedman, of Free Darko fame, posted a link to Wilson Pickett’s cover of “Hey Jude”. I’d never heard the version before so I clicked on the link and was utterly blown away. It was one of those moments where I was instantly enthralled by every aspect... Continue Reading →
Record stores are a bit anachronistic in 2019. Music went digital years ago and now we get it through anything from phones to refrigerators. I have a few Amazon Echos set up in my house so I no longer even need to press buttons, I can just ask out loud for the little electronic spy... Continue Reading →
It’s a warm late August night and I’ve got Hollis Brown’s latest ‘Ozone Park’ on the turntable. It’s the kind of album that was written for this kind of night. Some albums are winter albums, some are spring day albums, some are for weddings, some are for divorce. Ozone park is for driving around on... Continue Reading →
