A Very Dylan Christmas
Posted on 07. Aug, 2009 by Dallas VonKillbot in Music, Road Worn
Despite the fact that he comes from a Jewish background and is barely listenable these days, it seems that folk legend Bob Dylan is making a Christmas record. Hmm… this doesn’t seem like a shameless way to feebly help the seemingly near-dead music industry. Blatantly ripped from Pitchfork.
He might be the last person you’d expect to pull a stunt like this, but Billboard reports that Bob Dylan is recording a Christmas album. The man is currently hard at work in Jackson Browne’s recording studio in Santa Monica, [...]
Anarbor Tour Dates: Hey, Have You Guys Seen Video Matt?
Posted on 06. May, 2009 by spencer in Music, Road Worn
All around nice folks and melodious pop band Anarbor are getting to be quite the road dogs these days. They’re already on tour right now, and they will be joining The Cab and The Secret handshake this summer before meeting up with the Warped Tour.
I totally understand why: their home town of Phoenix is a total dump.
Hey, if you catch Anarbor on the road, ask them if they’ve seen Video Matt. We miss that crazy kid around here.
Phoenix’s Anarbor have been touring non stop since the release of [...]
Chico, CA Press and Promotion Contacts
Posted on 15. Apr, 2009 by spencer in Band of the Day, Chico, Lifestyle, Music, Road Worn, SXSW, Technology
Since I’m sick of looking it up every time a band asks me, here is a fairly complete list of Chico’s press and radio contacts as of 4/15/09.
www.Chicolist.com
Chico Independent & Underground Music Scene
Jason Cassidy, Arts Editor
Chico News & Review, 353 E. 2nd St., Chico, CA 95928
Phone: (530) 894-2300 ext. 2242; Fax: (530) 894-0143
E-mail: jasonc@newsreview.com
Web: www.newsreview.com/chico
Christy Pryde, Calendar Editor
Chico News & Review, 353 E. 2nd St., Chico, CA 95928
Phone: (530) 894-2300 ext. 2243; Fax: (530) 894-0143
E-mail:christyp@newsreview.com, chicocalendar@newsreview.com
www.newsreview.com/chico
Jake Sprecher, Managing Editor
Synthesis Weekly, 210 W 6th Street
Chico, CA 995928
530-899-7708
jakes@synthesis.net
www.synthesis.net
blog.synthesis.net
Serena Jennings, Calendar Editor
Synthesis Weekly, [...]
Airplane Safety Manual Lesson #19
Posted on 20. Mar, 2009 by spencer in Road Worn, SXSW
Repeat after me: Never, ever keister an entire kilo.
fuuuuuuuuuuuuu…..
Airplane Safety Manual Lesson #6
Posted on 17. Mar, 2009 by spencer in Art, Road Worn
It could take years of practice to master, Johnny. But once you hit puberty you’ll understand why it was TOTALLY worth it.
The Overtones at The Sail Inn, Tempe, AZ
Posted on 16. Mar, 2009 by spencer in Music, Road Worn, SXSW
By the time The Overtones were on stage, Gina, the owner of the Sail Inn, had been feeding me PBRs and Jager all night. Hell, she even let me sign the knockoff Explorer on the wall. God bless him, Dr. Genius even had most of a Guinness all to himself. Rip roarin’ and ready, our host Brighton found us inside the bar and claimed that we had to see the band playing outside. He was right. The Overtones, from Tempe, were spellbinding.
Playing as a seven-piece, The Overtones consisted of two [...]
The High Desert
Posted on 15. Mar, 2009 by spencer in Road Worn
The High Desert in Arizona/New Mexico is a beautiful part of this country.
Is a cactus a tree or a plant? We know it’s a succulent, and believe succulents can only be plants. Too bad we didn’t bring a biologist on this trip.
Beautiful Country…
Then it started to snow. In March. If you also had no idea it snows in March in New Mexico, maybe you’ll be more prepared than the Fortress of Attitude.
Day Three: The Sail Inn, Tempe, AZ
Posted on 14. Mar, 2009 by spencer in Music, Road Worn, SXSW
First things first—as a town, Tempe is a shit ton better than Mesa Verde. There’s still plenty of beige and stripmalls, but it’s not that same degree of brain-numbing uniformity. I can’t imagine anyone with creative/artistic impulses being able to live in Mesa and not blow their fucking brains out.
Located on a man-made lake just a short striking distance from Arizona State University, The Sail Inn had been re-opened just a few months prior to our show. From the décor and the regulars (one of whom was the spitting image [...]
