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Title inspired by the intra- and pan-partisan misinformation industries, which seem to have scaled new heights in the current campaign season.  

This slice of basement-made soul doesn’t feel finished. But with the apocalypse predicted to begin today,  I figure what the hell,  I’ve run out of time. Consider it my celebration of the Rapture. So This Is How The World Ends

I don’t know that these will become as regular as the Sonic Scrapbook, but why not give it a go. In fact, the last audio scrap, Let’s All Meet in Liberation Square, inspired this effort. Shortly after posting Al Jazeera made available much of its footage of the Egypt protests available for use via a [...]

Another quick and dirty basement ditty, named in honor of events which transpired in the Middle East during its creation. Let’s All Meet in Liberation Square

This is actually more than a scrap. It’s a song I wrote awhile back when I was playing in The Ernies. We recorded it, but I wasn’t entirely satisfied with that rendition – we pushed the pace faster than we normally played it live. (Although, having just given it a fresh listen, I’ve decided it [...]

The Dakota Minneapolis   Oct. 24, 2010

Minneapolis, MN   Oct. 5, 2010                               Nick Lowe has mellowed over the years, but I guess that’s not a bad thing – I suppose I have too. And let’s face it, he might’ve had more edge to him when I [...]

I started feeding my son Ben a steady diet of soul music before he could consume solid food, so it’s gratifying to see all that work paying off more than two decades later. To hear what I mean you must to give a listen this tune he and some friends recorded:  James Brown RIP Here’s [...]

Here’s a cheesy slice of disco funk that came to me over the weekend: What Happens Now?

Almost decided to drop this one altogether, but something about it stuck with me: (Chewing On a Stale) Stick of Gum