music and life and more!
Hello! I confess, I’m still spending quite a bit of time trying to update older posts and add things so I have a central location for all things me, the radio show and more. I decided to take Easter Sunday off for my radio show to enjoy more of the weekend with family and friends.
Some things I’ve been listening to this week:
I plan to be back on the air at WLFR on Sunday, April 16 from 10am-Noon ET!
Amy and I interviewed The Bats in August 1993 just before their set at The Fastlane in Asbury Park, NJ. My photographic memory pulls up all sorts of images: when we got to the venue and The Bats were gracious enough to sit down with us, despite not knowing about the interview; walking to the cafe at the Howard Johnson’s nearby; The Bats buying us cokes, because I was just 21 & didn’t drink, and Amy was 20 & so much more!
This appeared in issue #2 of Topsy Turvy Twister Rama. I’m hoping to scan in all three issues eventually. It was Amy’s ‘zine, and I helped with contributions, including some really bad drawings in issue #1. On the cover of issue #2 is a classic photo of Amy & her Mom dancing:
For now, here’s the scan of the interview! Getting to see The Bats again tonight here in DC!
The Star Signs-Don’t Look Back
now downloadable from Soundcloud in mp3 or wav:
Mick Chorba, Jim Becker, Rob Martin, Lauree McArdle, Ron Bechamps & John Williams
(the *band* name was Jim’s idea, to keep it TFC related)
created for the Teenage Fanclub Message Board tribute 40 Million Seconds-The Long Road to TFC
Featuring members of The Successful Failures, Taggart and Stars Apart. Recorded at FDR studios.
links:
http://www.fdrlabel.com/
http://www.thesuccessfulfailures.com/blog-wp/
http://www.myspace.com/thesuccessfulfailures
http://taggartrocks.com/
http://www.myspace.com/starsapart
In August, I got together with some great friends and we recorded the Teenage Fanclub song “Don’t Look Back”
It was for a contribution to the latest Fanclub message board tribute compilation and it marks the first time I’ve had the courage to record my singing voice. Mick, Becker, and Rob were great and we got an initial rough mix in just a couple hours in one night. The rest happened after I had to come back to Virginia and then Ron and John got into the mix.
It was a lot of fun to do and I’m glad I did it. I thought the hard part would be singing and recording it. Actually, it’s finishing it and putting it out there into the world for all to hear. I’ve always had an insatiable genuine love & appreciation for music, but it’s gone to a whole new level.
The entire tribute is dedicated to Tom O’Grady, who was a regular on the board. Sadly, I never had the pleasure of meeting him in person. A donation page is up in his memory that includes a link to download the entire tribute and make a donation to cancer research:
http://donateinmemory.cancerresearchuk.org/0000400
here’s another contribution from Wayne James and The Harry Evlar Experience-Sparky’s Dream, with a fabulous video:
y’know, you really have to give up all modesty and insecurity when visiting doctors for check-ups and tests, etc. You get all self-conscious and the like but really these people see everything all the time, and they’re used to it. Despite this, you can’t help but feel quite strange about it all.
I still haven’t recovered from two nights of rock n roll.
was out at Galaxy Hut on Monday to see The Vestals and Grand Champeen. I hadn’t known about the Vestals until I found out they were playing this show. I checked out some MP3s and both recorded and live were a lot of fun.
Grand Champeen I knew about but never really had the chance to see them before…I’m so glad I could be there and didn’t sit at home all depressed and what not. Because no matter how crappy things are, music can take your mood to different places. thanks to Adam I indulged in a bottle of Bud, despite feeling sick to my stomach!!! but beer and rock must cure what ails me because I had so much fun.
so much so that I wanted to try and find a way to get to the show the next night in Baltimore when GC played with The Bigger Lovers. thanks to Tom, I was able to do just that!
Even with almost falling asleep driving home late tuesday night into wed morning, I managed to drag myself to work with less than 5 hours sleep.
damn, I miss the rock n roll lifestyle!
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