Tales From The Drop Box Episode 135 is about old and new. That is, this episode brings you some current music from this brand new year but also deals some older stuff but not so old that it is dusty. I am not sure why we as a society are so preoccupied with new because there is just simply too much recorded musical output to be dismissive of something because it is more that a year old. In that regard, I am going to try better this year to uncover some gems from the past few years and shine a little spotlight on them. Some have had brief moments of publicity ( mostly on the regular blogs you likely read periodically) but for some reason or another you just didn’t catch on to how good the track sounded. Some will be familiar names such as the Smashing Pumpkins or Rhett Miller. Continue reading →