Mal Blum is a folk/punk singer-songwriter in the same vein as Amanda Palmer or Kimya Dawson. It is probably not an accident then that she has actually found herself alongside those two at different points in her touring career. She has also made headway across this vast land alongside Melissa Ferrick. But this post isn’t to name drop in order to make Mal sound cooler or [...]
I’m not much of a soda guy. I drink a can about every six months and usually it is because there is absolutely nothing else to drink wherever I am at (like hanging out with Africans in New Port Richey). My drinks of choices are water and the occasional Gatorade or Aloe Juice. When I was little, my drink of choice was easily milk. At birthday [...]
Broken Anchor’s retro Americana sound debuts in LP form in July. Fresh Lemonade is ten tracks, including the already mentioned “Never Leave Me Alone”. After having the chance to experience the entire album it is hard for me not to agree with LA Magazine’s assessment that “this is Budweiser tallboy music, best heard coming from the stereo of a used Cadillac.” I don’t even drink and as soon as [...]
Right before Christmas the The Hyper Actives released a critically acclaimed debut album called Rock N Roll Lives Again. The album pays tribute to some of their adrenaline fueled forefathers like AC/DC, Motorhead and Dead Boys. The album is largely made up of three chords being played for about three minutes (or less) as fast and aggressively as possible. It is a fun time packaged [...]
There is a place where unicorns rest on clouds of soft fluff and Loch Ness Monsters sit submerged inches beneath the surface of coral colored water. Alien children learn telepathic math lessons from their supremely intelligent teachers while knocking bottles of alien juice “accidentally” from their desks. Chupacabras, Skunk Apes and Yetis wrestle harmlessly in green, wildflower covered fields. It is here that Glowing Screens [...]
I’ve got a huge aloe plant on my porch that seems to keep multiplying (aw man, I just looked out the window and it increased in size again). Every time I look, there’s more. Because I am so meticulous and fluid in the kitchen, I don’t burn myself enough to use more than a stalk of aloe a year. What do I do with the [...]
I move stealthily along the brick wall avoiding all spots of sunlight that peek through the crumbling masonry. It should’ve lasted longer than this, shoddy work if you ask me. Somewhere suggestions of dancing massage my ear drums. It seems everyone else is doing it but me. I quickly glance around, I don’t want to be the only one not dancing. Sure enough, an old [...]
There are times I find myself walking through bakeries wanting to buy everything they have. Their cakes look so fluffy and professional, the pies seem to be overfilling with fruity flavors, the cookies are as big as your face, the cupcakes smooth like…you get the point. I usually wait in line patiently while the smiling, happy customers in front of me get served. When I [...]
(photo taken from Slam Donahue’s Facebook Page) Take a moment and think about your parents having sex. Now thank Slam Donahue for that image. We talk sex lives of parents, the difference between New York and Connecticut, styrofoam mixed drinks, gunshots to the stomach and the band’s new EP in our latest installment of the Baker’s Dozen Interview series. Without further adieu, I give you [...]
