muses from a hellbetty in Brooklyn, NY
18 Apr 2013 Leave a Comment
in Art, Music, Technology Tags: aviation, Can't Hold Us, entertainment, MACKLEMORE, media, Ray Dalton, RYAN LEWIS
That’s what you get when Wu-Tang raised you.
Macklemore
This video is 110%. Over the top, stoopid budget, win-win fearless fun. It broke YouTube with 1.4 million plays in 24 hours. I bemoan a lot of the modern pop, hip-hop, and country that’s being played on radio and sausaged through media. This is when it all works.
14 Apr 2013 Leave a Comment
in Brooklyn, Music Tags: entertainment, epk, Hellbound Glory, IBWIP, Kid Rock, new music, video, youtube
Fresh on their tour with Kid Rock, our very own Blake got to see Hellbound Glory play and got a backstage interview with Leroy. How cool is that? Better still? He asked all the questions we want answered: More
07 Apr 2013 2 Comments
in Brooklyn, Music Tags: Brooklyn, Dead Amble, entertainment, Jet Black Bullseye, music, Public Assembly, Rachel Brooke, Rebel Angel Productions, rocky horror picture show, rocky horror picture show songs, SlapBack Brooklyn
Not only did Rachel Brooke come to NYC to sing with a full band, we got to spend time together. Rachel with a full band is the bee’s knees. On bass is Brooks Robbins and he is just the coolest cat. We sang Rocky Horror Picture Show songs in the van on the way to the gig. Her brother Andy is on drums and he is so good, and is a fellow sound aficionado. On guitar is Nick who gave me my perfect show moment when I heard him start up Serpentine Blues. During the show, Rachel sang a few songs with just her guitar, and there wasn’t a dry eye in Public Assembly during Life Sentence Blues. More
06 Apr 2013 5 Comments
in Music Tags: ChristyFest, James Hunnicutt, Jared McGovern, Jayke Orvis, Liz Sloan, Olds Sleeper
There is a network of people all over the country who help support underground music: the fans, the bands, the couches, the kitchens, the promoters, the bloggers, the internet radio DJs, and everyone on Facebook and Twitter and YouTube. There is a family in Pennsylvania who opens their home, and fills the venue. BJ and Coley Christy are the creative force behind Silent Storm Design, and the overlords of Silent Storm Radio where different DJs spin their perspective of good music. Their micro-fest last summer, Christy Fest, was a highlight. They host many a musician, and have broadcast live house concerts from their living room. So when they booked the bar in town to host Jayke Orvis and His Broken Band, people came in from hundreds of miles away to be a part of it. More
06 Apr 2013 Leave a Comment
in Art, Music, Politics, Science, Television Tags: art poetry, celebrities, Coca Crystal, entertainment, poetry and music, youtube
In late 70s and through the 80s and 90s, there was a television show on local NYC Public Access called “The Coca Crystal Show“. Coca is my mother’s best friend, and she took me under her wing by appointing me cameraman for the show. By the power of YouTube, I get to watch one of the best shows on television again. More
19 Dec 2012 1 Comment
in Music Tags: A Killer's Dream, blues, entertainment, Fats Domino, Lonesome Wyatt, music, Rachel Brooke, Those Poor bastards, Viva le Vox
Rachel Brooke’s new album, “A Killer’s Dream” shows her progression as an artist, and it’s a joy to be a part of as a fan. I still think everyone needs to own her Demos. They are simply a woman and her guitar and it is perfection. With a base so strong, she can only go up. This album wonderfully showcases her progression as a songwriter, instrumentalist, and band member. She collaborates with Viva le Vox (love them!) and I get the feeling they were like kids in a candy store picking and choosing all the instruments heard on this album. It’s old blues and bobby socks.
12 Dec 2012 Leave a Comment
in Music Tags: Brownbird Rudy Relic, Husky Burnette, Lone Wolf OMB, Los Bastardos Magnificos, Muddy Roots 2012, Nick Lindsay, No-Brow Productions, Scotty Crow, The Jonny Monster Band, The Scissormen, video
In the post-coitus glow of Muddy Roots, my pal Rev. Nix of Cracker Swamp Productions, got a bunch of the boys in the studio and this is what came out:
Brownbird Rudy Relic = brownbirdrudyrelic.com
Husky Burnette = www.huskyburnette.com
Lone Wolf OMB = www.lonewolfomb.com
Los Bastardos Magnificos = losbastardosmagnificos.com
Scotty Crow of The Gladezmen = www.gladezmen.com
The Jonny Monster Band = www.jonnymonsterband.com
The Scissormen = scissormen.com
No Brow Productions (video) = www.youtube.com/user/nlindsay03
