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  • RIP Riley Gale of Power Trip - tiny curations

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    01 - Drown (Intro) - Power Trip
    02 - Executioner's Tax (Swing of the Axe) Power Trip
    03 - Nightmare Logic - Power Trip
    04 - Waitin' Around to Die - Heartworn Highways - Townes Van Zandt
    05 - Waiting Around To Die - Power Trip

    Power Trip from Dallas, Texas; the other Thrash band from Dallas, that starts with "P".
    Now, remove the groove. And all that's left is pure Thrash. There you have it, that is Power Trip.
    And here they are in their natural habitat, doing what they do best. Live onstage and every bit as good, if not more in studio, Drown.

    Riley Gale front man of Dallas Thrash band Power Trip has died at a very young age.
    The band made the announcement yesterday, that he had passed away the night before on August 24th, 2020.
    This comes as a shock to the metal community.
    Just a few months ago, Ice-T released one of those quarantine videos of a new Body Count song.
    That's off their latest album Carnivore, "Point The Finger" featuring Riley Gale.

    Power Trip had reportedly been in the process of recording their third album. And they had released a couple singles following their second album, the universally acclaimed "Nightmare Logic" from 2017.
    There are some really great songs on that album. All of what I play today is off of "Nightmare Logic."
    Well, let's get to it. And remember the band, and the man. Starting us off is Track 2, and undoubtedly their most well-known, this is "Executioner's Tax (Swing of the Axe)".

    That was "Waiting Around To Die". And before that, "Waitin' Around to Die" by the late great Townes Van Zandt of neighboring Fort Worth.

    I hope you like that song placement there, while those song titles do share the same name; I also play it in homage to another fellow and former  IBMer, Randy Gregory, II and his much missed show on IBM Community Radio, "The Void". He used to play some extreme metal, followed by acoustic folk songs, then more hardcore metal.

    I remember last Summer on vacation in the mountains of Colorado and listening to one of his episodes. In particular with TVZ songs playing in between the heavier songs. Tends to make a pretty good foil, I think.

    Before that was the title track, "Nightmare Logic".

    I was lucky enough to catch the band a couple times. And anybody that had ever heard any these bands songs would spread the gospel. And I took it upon myself to do the same.

    It is sad that we are honoring a tribute to Riley Gale, but our hearts go out to him and his family and friends and his band. Rest in Peace.

    Thanks for listening.

    2 min
  • Ghostland Observatory - tiny curations

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    01 - Piano Man

    02 - Best Won't Do
    03 - Sad Sad City
    04 - Chris Cornell - Sad Sad City (Ghostland Observatory cover - Acoustic live)

    Interview with Aaron Behrens and Thomas Ross Turner:  

    Hello, this is Matt Comer with tiny curations.

    And today we are here with Ghostland Observatory; joined by both members; with non-other than Aaron Behrens the energetic frontman with Willie braids and trademark shades.
    And along with Thomas Ross Turner, who plays the mad scientist in the duo. Thomas lays down sick beats and musical atmosphere and you control the stage with your vocals and presence. All of this with lot's of lasers.

    How are you doing today Aaron?
    How are you doing today Thomas?
    How do you feel in these strange times?

    Your music has been described as a combination of electro, rock and funk and electro-dance soul rock, but how would you describe the Ghostland sound?

    If you could put it it words, how would you describe a live Ghostland show? The live experience, energy, and vibe. I know that you've had a lot to do with the lasers and stage set up, could you tell us about that?

    We wanted to celebrate the band, as this is when GLO came into view for us with "delete.delete.i.eat.meat" came out driving a trashy moped in 2005. That was 15 years ago!
    How does that feel?

    Our first song today is off of the follow-up from 2006, "Paparazzi Lighting", titled "Piano Man". As we go into this song, do you have any words for your Piano Man Thomas Ross Turner?

    That was "Best Won't Do" from 2005's "delete.delete.i.eat.meat" album.
    And one more song off of "Paparazzi Lighting", this was a big hit for you guys. "Sad Sad City". How do you feel about this song then and now?
    And furthermore, I'm not sure the exact meaning of the song or if the city in question is Austin. But here were are with a cancelled SXSW in 2020, concerts, music, events, and everyday life. Austin is such a music oriented city, if feels as if this song means more now than ever. Because there certainly Ain't no party in a sad, sad city.

    And once in 2013, I was at SXSW and happened to catch a super intimate acoustic set by a deceased grunge pioneer, Chris Cornell.

    There he is playing all of his songs and hits from over the years from Soundgarden, AudioSlave, and he introduces a song from an Austin band and goes into his own version covering "Sad Sad City".
    I'm sure you have heard it right, on Youtube?
    What did you think about that, how did that make you feel?

    Very much so. Any final thoughts that you want to leave today for your fans or fans to come or how one could train a redbird?

    WOW, that is so cool! Thank you so much for sharing that. And I could maybe envision a falcon with you on future sets wouldn't that be amazing?

    Thanks for listening.

    2 min
  • Bob Schneider Lonelyland Texas Edition - tiny curations

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    01 - Big Blue Sea
    02 - Tokyo
    03 - 2002
    04 - The King of the World

    Bob Schneider has had many incarnations of bands in Austin, going back to the early 90's; Joe Rockhead, The Ugly Americans, and The Scabs.

    Each band grew more bold, raunchy, and popular over the years, culminating in the greatness of "The Scabs". Favorites like "Tarantula" came from this band, a song that Bob still ends most big shows with today.

    But it was his next venture in 1999, a revolving band of musicians that set him up on his solo career. It was 20 years ago, that he formed Lonelyland, as well as his ongoing every Monday night at 8:30 residency at the Saxon Pub. Back in the day, which was a Monday, that was the place to be, a crowded legendary pub full of locals and glimpses of then girlfriend, Sandra Bullock, with her bottom perched up on the bar.

    Actually, as far as I'm concerned, it is still the place to be on Monday nights. This is the place where you should take a date; and where you should take out of towners on an otherwise boring Monday evening. It is fun and entertaining. Bob's take on songwriting is write as much as you can, and that there will be a lot of bad songs, but occasionally there may be some good ones, too. It is this intimate Monday night setting where he will showcase what he has recently been working on. So each show is new and different... Well, other than how each night will end, that will always be the same. He will ask for an audience suggestion of a song, in which he will then take that song's lyrics and melodies and merge it into his "It's Time to Go" song. Something like this...

    Back when he started that Lonelyland residency, he warmed up, by releasing one album that year on his on Shock-a-rama label. But it was the following year in 2000, when he self-released another album; and album that would stay at the top of the Waterloo Records album charts for years to come, eponymously titled "Lonelyland".

    This album was so popular locally, that it gained national attention and was then distributed by Universal Records, gaining it an even wider audience.

    There is so much good material here from Bob's career, that I will feature a full "Deep Dives w/ Matt Comer" episode in the future. But today, I want to celebrate the creation of Lonelyland 20 years ago, and spotlight that album. Here are some of my favorite songs from a solid album full of good songs.

    Oh by the way, I think Bob is deathly afraid of water, oceans, and drowning, as you may hear in recurring themes in much of his music, enjoy!

    That was 2002.
    Before that was my favorite track on the album, Tokyo. And starting us off was Big Blue Sea, you may have heard it on a rom-com soundtrack from that period.

    Bob can still be found each Monday night at the Saxon Pub in South Austin or elsewhere around town during the week. Thanks for listening.

    2 min
  • Funeral for a Friend - For a Girlfriend - Deep Dives w/ Matt Comer

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    01 - Satisfied - Ian Moore
    02 - Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
    03 - Have You Ever Seen the Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival
    04 - Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) [2016 Remastered] - Phil Collins
    05 - Stay (I Missed You) - Lisa Loeb
    06 - Wildflowers - Tom Petty
    07 - Always - Bon Jovi
    08 - If It Makes You Happy - Sheryl Crow
    09 - Yellow Ledbetter - Pearl Jam
    10 - Cap'n Kirk - Bob Schneider
    11 - Sideways - Citizen Cope
    12 - I'm Yours - Jason Mraz
    13 - Heavenly Day - Patty Griffin

    Five years ago today, a good friend passed away unexpectedly. I hadn't seen her in several months. She had a condition that was deteriorating her ability to make new memories. The last time I saw her, she told me that "someday I would understand and it would all make sense".

    How could a beautiful young strong and determined woman with an enduring professional career and mother to a college bound athlete Senior in High School.

    Emotions ran high. And there was a hurt feelings, feelings as if people didn't do enough, and between friends and other friends and family over her support over the past few years, or rather lack thereof.

    One of her close friends took care of the arrangements. And my wife and I held a Memorial of Life a couple weeks afterwards in our backyard. It was a touching outdoor service and many of her friends and family spoke. Myself included, please see the show notes for the words that I spoke in honor of my friend and for additional details about her life.

    Such close friends, in fact, that my would be wife and her became really close friends. She even was my wife's closest help during our wedding. And my wife and I attended her second wedding ceremony several years after our own. She leaves a strong young son behind, whom just graduated college a few months ago. He is a real good young man with a bright future and would make his loving mother so proud. She had been a single mother who gave so much of her life for him.

    Many songs were played today in remembrance of my friend. These songs are special to me and mean a lot. I hope you enjoyed them as much as we did. And there were many other songs that we just didn't have time to play here. Please see the show notes for a playlist containing this additional music.

    Thanks for listening.

    Rest in Peace Amy Workman.

    More on her life:  

    Amy Diane Workman
    March 10, 1977 - March 05, 2015
    http://www.matthewcomer.com/amy-diane-workman-memorial

    Amy Diane Workman Memorial Slideshow:  
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXwVrGSnGnk

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    2 min
  • Funeral for a Friend - For My Best Friend (Not the Band) - Deep Dives w/ Matt Comer

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    01 - Bless the Broken Road - Rascal Flatts

    02 - The Bluest Eyes In Texas - Restless Heart
    03 - Songs About Texas - Pat Green
    04 - What I Like About Texas - Gary P Nunn
    05 - Acuña - Wade Bowen
    06 - Dublin Blues - Guy Clark
    07 - Texas On My Mind - Pat Green
    08 - Always on My Mind - Willie Nelson
    09 - Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys - Willie Nelson & Waylon Jennings
    10 - The Dance - Garth Brooks
    11 - Remember When [#] - Alan Jackson
    12 - Cry (Original) - Colt Buckelew & The Crossroads
    13 - So Long 6th St - 1172018 - Paste Studios - New York - NY - Wade Bowen
    14 - Live Forever - Billy Joe Shaver

    One year ago today, my best friend passed away unexpectedly. I had just seen him and his wife the night before for a surprise dinner. The following night, his wife called and told me of his sudden passing. We were all devastated.

    His funeral took place the following Saturday. It was a touching service and many of his friends and family spoke. Myself included, please see the show notes for the words that I spoke in honor of my friend and for additional details about his life.

    As I knew my friend so well and for such a long time and since I am a lover of music, I was asked to put together music for the funeral and reception. Having done this before for other friends and family, it was an honor to this on behalf of my friend.

    As my friend and I were both in our early 40's, and both grew up in the Texas hill country and on the Highland Lakes on the Colorado River; and liking the same kind of music, country music. Ranging from Country and Western to 90's Country, and any of the good stuff that Nashville put out, but mostly it was Texas Country. These songs could suffice for my own someday or for others folks of the same liking.

    Today, I would like to play a distilled playlist from that day in honor of my friend, this is Funeral for a Friend.

    Many songs were played today in remembrance of my friend. These songs are special to me and mean a lot. I hope you enjoyed them as much as we did. And there were many other songs that we just didn't have time to play here. Please see the show notes for a playlist containing this additional music.

    Thanks for listening.

    Rest in Peace Phillip Lee Houlton, Jr.

    More on his life:  Phillip Lee Houlton
    August 28, 1973 - January 20, 2019
    https://www.harrellfuneralhomes.com/obituary/314419/Phillip-Houlton/

    My Words for My Friend:  
    http://www.matthewcomer.com/phillip-lee-houlton-jr-memorial

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGd-SUBOLkA

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    2 min
  • Pantera - tiny curations

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    01 - Shedding Skin
    02 - Hollow
    03 - Cemetery Gates

    Pantera, these Cowboys from Hell have been credited with saving metal!
    At a time, when metal was on the decline, these guys brought in your face riffs packed with heavy Texas groove!

    The Dallas boys, Diamond Darrell, or rather Dimebag Darrell who he affectionately became to be known, was a master shredder and his brother Vinnie Paul on pounding drums; along with Rex on a thumping bass and Phil Anselmo on some screaming (ass) vocals made up this band. They had many albums. some in the glam rock vein, full of KISS and Van Halen love. But it wasn't until the release of Cowboys from Hell in 1990, that they broke down the metal walls.

    They were able to cement their legacy with a few more great albums, before they went on hiatus and broke up in 2003, way too soon.


    Phil and his drugs, were pinned as the bad guy in the breakup. But he went on to front many other bands. On a side note: Phil along with his biographer Cory Mitchell, hosted the Housecore Horror Film Festival in Austin, Texas in 2014 and 2015, in which I was lucky to have been a part of. It was a fantastic blend of horror movies and metal! However, the event died along with Cory Mitchell when he had a heart attack loading out and died in the parking lot the morning after Danzig closed down the festival.

    But today we are honoring Dimebag as today is the 15 anniversary of his passing.
    Tragically, in 2004 in front of crowd in Columbus Ohio, Dimebag was shot point blank just after taking the stage in with his new band, Damageplan, that he had formed with his brother on drums.

    The gunman, the coward, was said to be distraught over the breakup of Pantera when got on stage and killed 3 people, before he too was gunned down by a fast acting police officer.

    His brother Vinnie Paul, carried on with the band, but he too passed away too soon, just last year.

    To start us off, is Shedding Skin off of Far Beyond Driven, which celebrated it's 25th Anniversary this year:  

    That was Cemetery Gates off of CfH and before that was Hollow, the song that closed 1992's Vulgar Display of Power album.

    I was at the GNR reunion tour in Dallas a few years ago. The next day, friends and I make the pilgrimage to Dimebag's grave. Upon arriving at the cemetery gates and not knowing where to go next, we asked a landscaper, he immediately knew who we were looking for and replied "Dimebag aqui, Dimebag aqui", pointing to his gravestone. Gathered around the grave were many concert goers from the night before and many joints layed as an offering on his headstone. 6 feet deep lies the man, in a gifted KISS Kasket and with Eddie Van Halen's personal yellow-and-black-striped Charvel electric guitar from Van Halen II, Bumblebee. fitting, since Dimebag's last words on Earth were, "Van Halen!" moments before he was gun down. Somebody near us said that they ran into Vinnie Paul at the concert last night and shows us proof, a photo together on their cell phone. Pantera and the legend of these 2 men captivated us all.

    Here is Dime's solo from the song Floods" off of 1996's, The Great Southern Trendkill.

    Rest in Peace Abbott brothers!

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  • Texas Tornados - Doug Sahm - tiny curations

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    01 - Who Were You Thinkin' Of
    02 - (Hey Baby) Que Paso
    03 - Guacamole
    04 - Adios Mexico
    05 - Is Anybody Goin' To San Antone
    06 - Una Mas Cerveza

    Interview with Shawn Sahm:

    Welcome to tiny curations, this is the 20th episode(s). This is also the 20th year of the passing of Sir Doug Sahm on November 18, 1999. Today we will be playing some of his music to celebrate. And some from his time with the Tex-Mex supergroup, the Texas Tornados. This is also a very special episode because, we are lucky enough to be joined by Sir Doug's oldest son, Shawn Sahm. Welcome. And you are also bearing the torch and celebrating the legacy of your father in your own way, by now fronting the Texas Tornados.

    You were born into this, you were destined to have a career in music, you are on the "Cover of a Rolling Stone" with your father at a very early age. Can you tell us a little about that?

    I'm sure that you have said it all before. But on this anniversary of your fathers passing, is there anything that you want to say about him and his legacy now?

    2 min
  • Doug Sahm - tiny curations

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    01 - She's About a Mover

    02 - Nuevo Laredo
    03 - Mendocino
    04 - Give Back The Key To My Heart - Uncle Tupelo
    05 - Texas Tornado

    Welcome to tiny curations, this is the 20th episode(s). This is also the 20th year of the passing of Sir Doug Sahm on November 18, 1999. Today we will be playing some of his music to celebrate. And some from his time with the Tex-Mex supergroup, the Texas Tornados. This is also a very special episode because, we are lucky enough to be joined by Sir Doug's oldest son, Shawn Sahm. Welcome.  And you are also bearing the torch and celebrating the legacy of your father in your own way, by now fronting the Texas Tornados.

    Interview with Shawn Sahm:   You were born into this, you were destined to have a career in music, you are on the "Cover of a Rolling Stone" with your father at a very early age.  Can you tell us a little about that?  I'm sure that you have said it all before. But on this anniversary of your fathers passing, is there anything that you want to say about him and his legacy now?

    2 min
  • Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury - tiny curations

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    01 - Knuckle Duster (Radio 1-A) - White Zombie
    02 - Remember To Breathe
    03 - Sing Along
    04 - Make Art Not Friends
    05 - All Said And Done
    06 - Mercury In Retrograde
    07 - Knuckle Duster (Radio 2-B) - White Zombie
    08 - Last Light Radio 11-57 PM - Shooter Jennings and Hierophant - (Stephen King)

    Don't call Sturgill Simpson an outlaw, like his friend Shooter Jennings, he's a Gunslinger. He has that great song "Turtles All the Way Down", all about psilocybin, DMT, and reptile aliens from "Metamodern Sounds in Country Music".

    Then he released an great cover of Nirvana's "In Bloom", from "A Sailor's Guide to Earth". These are not bro-country moves.


    I watched it. Now, I was fresh off of Fantastic Fest, so I was used to seeing some great visuals. Then the night before I had seen Roger Waters new "Us + Them" convert film. If anybody ever wondered what Pink Floyd would look like in 2020, this is it! A bit on the political side, but that is Roger Waters. But more great visuals, of course!

    It's Friday night, I catch Guns 'N Roses on their Not In This Lifetime Tour, with a reunion lineup for the last several years, the 17th annual Austin City Limits (ACL) music festival held in Zilker Park which is held on two consecutive three-day weekends.

    Sympathy for the devil that we speak of... Simpson was chosen as the opening act for several shows during GnR's "Not in this Lifetime" tour in the summer of 2017.

    But I get home and watch "Sound & Fury" and was completely blown away! Not what you would typically expect from a country artist. It is like a Pink Floyd movie, but with a Samurai. This was something extraordinary!

    Here is Make Art Not Friends, my favorite song on the album. I read some reviews about the album, many of them are not favorable. Many of them point to the comparisons with ZZ Top's "Eliminator" album. Sure. But this song here, it's like The Cars , Ric Ocasek recently deceased. It's like a marriage of "Just what I Needed" and let the "Good Times Roll".

    And if you do like this, check out Shooter Jenning's Hierophant "Black Ribbons" album from 2009. A dystopian rock opera concept companion to "Sound & Fury". It too surfs the radio dial and genre.

    This has now quickly and easily become my favorite album of the year.

    "The most important country record since Red Headed Stranger."

    - Matt Comer

    And just announced today, an arena tour for Sturgill Simpson! He's coming to the Erwin Center on March 28, 2020. Along with fellow Kentucky singer/songwriter Tyler Childers, whom Sturgill produced his last 2 albums. Tyler is great, too! I caught him this Summer at Robert Earl Keen's 4th on the River in Kerrville. He really brings out the rowdy crowd! And I, along with my friends, may have somehow been mistaken for him and his band afterwards at a hotel pool...

    Are you sure Hank done it this way? I don't know, but Hank lead his own way. And so did Waylon and so many others. The ones that we still talk about to this day. And Sturgill he is on his own path, too. And him doing an arena rock show, WOW! I mean seriously, I've seen the setlist...

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  • Gary Clark Jr. - tiny curations

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    01 - This Land

    02 - The Governor
    03 - Bright Lights

    Gary Clark Jr., he started off young in Austin, working his away around the blues scene and Antone's and his heroes. He has swept previous Austin Music Awards and even won a Grammy.

    Soon out of the gates, he was cast and stared alongside Danny Glover in a movie, "Honeydripper" from 2007.
    Over the past few years and on the festival circuit, he has enjoyed a lot of success.
    And this past year, he played the many late night shows, performing, my favorite song of 2019:  "This Land".
    He lives on his land in Kyle. One certain nosy neighbor came poking around his property and inadvertently became the muse for the song.

    There is a radio edit version of the song, but it takes a little bit of the punch out of it. So let's hear how Gary intended this song to be in all of it's glory, as he recorded in the Freddy Fletcher's Arlyn Studios on the legendary NEVE recording console, similar to the one highlighted in Dave Grohl's "Sound City" documentary from 2013. Actually, this very NEVE console was featured with both Grohl and Clark in episode 4 of the Foo Fighters Sonic Highways documentary program.

    Here it is, protect your land! Here is "This Land" from this year's album of the same name. This is the state of Modern Blues in 2019!.

    That song "The Governor" was included, as they were together in the great video for "This Land", check it out! And there were many references to his Governor in "This Land". And he is not referring to the Texas Governor who just late yesterday threatened the City of Austin to intervene over some questions about how this land can be used in our city. He is talking about a different kind of "Governor' that most other Texans are well aware of...

    Gary plays tonight and tomorrow night at Stubb's BBQ, which just 2 days ago won a settlement to remain named Stubb's BBQ. Holding up the handshake deal that C.B. Stubblefield would have wanted. And rather than being renamed to the Austin favorite, Liberty Lunch, that closed in the 90's. Then this Saturday, next Friday and next Saturday he will be playing at the 17th annual Austin City Limits (ACL) music festival held in Zilker Park which is held on two consecutive three-day weekends in Austin, TX.

    Enjoy those "Bright Lights", here from 2011.

    Oh and by the way Gary Clark Jr's cousin, W.C. Clark, the 'godfather of Austin blues' plays a Happy Hour set every Wednesday at the Tavern on Main in Buda, be sure to check him out!

    Thanks For listening.

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