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My ex-wife and I once made up a song for a church down near League City somewhere (ironically, while we were on our way to some pagan/wiccan shop) and when listening to “Hold the Line” today I was reminded of it.
All I wanna do when I wake up on a Sunday is go to church.
Hosannah. […]

Last night, my band did a show with Pale and People Noise, both very good bands with good guys in them. The show was good and we rocked the haus, bitches.
HOWEVER, the night was nearly ruined before it got started. Our drummer, Steve, as usual was there early. He loaded his drums […]

First, has anyone ever noticed how creepy the words are to the song “Galveston” by Glen Campbell?
Galveston, oh Galveston, I still hear your sea winds blowin’
I still see her dark eyes glowin’
She was 21 when I left Galveston
Galveston, oh Galveston, I still hear your sea waves crashing
While I watch the cannons flashing
I clean my gun […]

My friend, Raymond Gayle, is screening his documentary film, Electric Purgatory, about the difficulties faced by black rock musicians tomorrow (Friday, February 1) night at the Museum of Fine Arts.
You can read all about it in the interview I did with Gayle on Broken Record. Here’s a little of the story:
Raymond Gayle loves great […]

Are you freaking kidding me? And I thought the Nike “Revolution” ad was bad.
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This is an abomination and I blame the baby, but that’s me. I’m a cold hearted bastard like that.

I was alerted to the fact that my picture is on the front of the Chron.com homepage because it features my music industry blog, Broken Record.

Not sure if it will still be there when you read this, but pretty cool nevertheless.

At the start of a new year, the last thing you really want to do is look back. In my case, I got the chance thanks to YouTube to look nearly 13 years into my past, back to a performance with the band, The Surrealtors in 1995 at a CD release show at Munchies […]

It’s been a wild year for me when it comes to music. My band released our second CD, the EP, “Come and Take It” which was named one of the top CD’s of 2007 by Houston Calling and generally received great reviews all the way around. In addition, I began writing a blog […]

I’m in a 70’s kind of mood and the iTunes gift cards I got for Christmas just went bye bye in about 20 minutes getting nothing but 70’s music with a heavy emphasis on soul. I’ve had a lot of this stuff in the past on vinyl. It’s nice to finally get replacements. […]

[thanks, joey]