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- Eric Tessmer - tiny curations
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http://tinycurations.comListen NOW on Pandora:https://www.pandora.com/search/tiny%20curations/Hear the playlist on Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4k1HQEpl5fm7EXEImkn9VB?si=21cx2eQ0Q4SwaYztP3BDqw01 - Kathy McCarty - Living Life02 - Devil Town03 - Walking The Cow04 - Story of an Artist05 - True Love Will Find You In The EndHI, HOW ARE YOU?The Late Great Daniel Johnston passed away last week on September 11. He was an artist. A musician; singer/songwriter. And an inspiration to many. And he has a crazy story! Featured in probably the best documentary that I have ever seen; "The Devil and Daniel Johnston" from 2005. And I have been saying this for years. And I watched it again the night that his passing was announced and it still holds up. In a way, Daniel documented his whole life on tape through his own words and music. And along through his other art on paper and through journals, film, and home movies. All of this is complied together and presented, in a way, almost through Daniel's eyes. So really, go out and see it!But here is the essence of his story:He met a girl, Laurie Allen, the love of his life, but she marries and Undertaker.He makes these little tapes of his music, much of it is about his and muse, that girl Laurie, and passes them out. He didn't have one of those boomboxes with 2 cassette tapes, where you could transfer one to the other. Instead, he has to re-record entire albums, singing and playing, then draw the album cover again. Give out a tape, then repeat the process all over again!Daniel joins a traveling circus, but gets stranded in Austin.Here he gets a part-time job as a busser at McDonald's.In 1985, the MTV show "Cutting Edge" comes to town and he crashes the show becoming the most memorable thing on it.That phone at McDonald’s, it starts ringing off the hook with record producers and folks because that was the only place he had reliable access to a phone.Gets into acid with Gibby Haynes from the Butthole Surfers at one of their shows. Retreats a bit, announces his retirement, then leaves Austin around 1987. And he's later diagnosed with bipolar disorder. He gets really into Satan and God; and some bad stuff happens.He plans his comeback in 1990, where his dad flies him down in their 2 seater airplane. At the Austin Music Awards during SXSW, he performs a very short set, then encore. Promptly leaves the venue and flies home. But mid-flight he takes the keys, turning off the engine and throws them out the window.Yeah.The great pilot that his father was avoids the loss of both of their lives with a lucky crash between 2 large trees.He is committed to the Austin State Hospital, the mental hospital.Then complete Nirvana happens, Kurt Cobain starts wearing his shirt. You know, the iconic Austin street art of "Jeremiah the Frog of Innocence" on the Drag.Kurt wears it everywhere for every appearance, interview... everywhere.Here is Kathy McCarty, of the Austin band Glass Eye, she was one of the first people that Daniel met when he arrived in Austin and unbeknownst to her became his 'girlfriend'. She did a whole album of Daniel's songs, here is one that appeared at the end of Richard Linklater's film "Before Sunrise".Afterwards, we'll listen to Daniel from those little tapes. Thanks for listening.2 min - Shinyribs - Kevin Russell of The Gourds - tiny curations
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02 - Burn The Honeysuckle03 - Who Built The Moon04 - Sweet PotatoShinyribs, aka Kevin Russell, formerly of The Gourds is now the reigning king of the Austin music scene.He put the hard work in and through several incarnations of bands, and personalities, he has made it. He won the Austin Chronicle's Best Band of Austin for the past 2 years.I witnessed him taking his throne, it was in Zilker park in front of... 40 some-odd thousand Austinites on a free Blues on the Green show last Summer.Along with his cape and stage antics an ever growing band of musicians; including an entire horn section and backup singer/dancers known as the Ribblets, it was certainly a sight to see.But not to gloss over, the wildly popular and other Austin favorite, his previous band, The Gourds. Along with Jimmy Smith sharing vocals, and the rest of the band. They were able to seduce this city with their swamp infused Cajun jams for almost 2 decades and produce 10 albums.But their ultimate "hiatus" came in the fall of 2013.
I know you've heard their bluegrass version of Snoop Dogg's "Gin and Juice", remember that?Most think it was from Phish or some jam band like that. But that was due to it being miscredited on file sharing platforms. Remember all of that downloading that you were doing at the turn of the millennium on Napster?
Be sure to keep an eye out for Shinyribs or Kevin Russell (or maybe even a Gourds reunion). He can also be found under a number of alias that he might use, like of the Tijuana Trainwreck Horns featuring Shiny Soul Sisters, but there are oh so many... Like he does when he pops up at Sam's Town Point; which is the ultimate dive bar, located in a trailer house in unincorporated South Austin, the Chronicle did a great article this Summer about the bar and the cast of characters that you will meet there.Even ol' Jimmy, he will also turn up there on occasion as well to play a gig, so who knows, maybe even a Gourds reunion someday!
Let's ramp this set up, starting with two from them, back then in happier times.Who Built the Moon, an interesting thought... That was a song off of Kevin's first solo release as Shinyribs in 2010.Also, Shinyribs just released their latest album, "Fog & Bling", this past Summer.This next song, well it isn't off of that new album, but it is my favorite song from him.For this song, he typically opens by referring to this song as a song about his favorite root vegetable.Then starts naming them:
Fennel, bulbs, carrots, beets. But his is the ohh so Sweet Potato...
Please enjoy even if this isn't your favorite root vegetable and thanks for listening.
2 min - Dave Prewitt - CapZeyeZ - DAVETV - rAw TiMe - ACTV - tiny curations
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http://tinycurations.comListen NOW on Pandora:https://www.pandora.com/search/tiny%20curations/Hear the playlist on Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3BoJqZnYlyDNLbMMtpbSaY?si=PmgTF0rFRpmP55xD80pLig01 - Drugs Have Done Good Things - Bill Hicks02 - Nobody Listens - PariahPariah Interview03 - Chemical Imbalance (Edited) - Skatenigs04 - Jesus Built My Hotrod - Ministry05 - Who Was In My Room - Butthole Surfers06 - Dave - Cheech & ChongDave Prewitt Supports When We Were LiverAw TiMe IntroDave Prewitt, he's been a local TV fixture for the past 30 years in Austin, with shows ranging from CapZeyeZ, to rAw TiMe to DAVETV on ACTV, Austin Community Television, Austin Access.In the early 90's access television really started to kick into high gear all around the country, as evidenced by the Saturday Night Live skit Wayne's World. And that became so popular that it spun off into 2 feature length films.Before Dave, there was Scott Spurlock. He first caught me and my friends attention on ACTV with his show Dull-a-Vision; where he showed music videos, something akin to Headbangers Ball. But one fateful night in 1991, he went too far and showed us kids something that blew our minds! It was his edited video for this song "Rivers" from Skinny Puppy. It was too far!This was also the time of censorship and anti- obscenity and decency issues, spurred by Luke Skywalker and 2 Live Crew in Florida. Also, in Florida, poor Pee Wee Herman was arrested for watching a movie, albeit a dirty move. And Tipper Gore, her group was busy putting Parental Advisory Explicit Lyrics labels on CDs and tapes. Heck, the Australian rock band, the Divinyls were warned not to play their hit song "I Touch Myself" at their appearance at the Austin Aqua Fest on Town Lake, but near the end of the set, they did anyway. Their mic was cut and lead singer Chrissy Amphlett was dragged off stage by security, yep that's about as far as they got, too. And here is how the crowed reacted. And here is what the police claimed, but it was not too loud.But back to ACTV, where you could pay like $50 bucks, sign some forms and take a couple classes and you too could broadcast live on Austin television sets. ACTV, it gave rise to Alex Jones and Infowars, as you can hear him sitting in on the show with Dave:Here is a conspiracy for you; some folks think that the comedian Bill Hicks didn't actually die in 1994, but instead became Alex Jones. There are some similarities in appearance and like mindedness of both tone and topic.Dave Pruitt who did the final interview with Bill Hicks.But Dave, not only would he play hard rock music videos, but he would also take the ACTV cameras and equipment to local shows and showcase mostly local, but also national touring bands. He has recorded so many, please go out and find him at DaveTV on Youtube. He recorded everybody, but back in the day it was the likes of Pariah, Agony Column, Dangerous Toys, D.R.I., deadhorse, Retarded Elf, FUCKEMOS, Harrem Scarrum, Little Miss Dangerous, Onyxx, the Bad Livers and Dancyr. Yeah, Nathan Olivarez, he was there, too. Dave's partner in crime!However, I read in the Austin Chronicle that Dave has left the building.We wish you luck Dave!2 min - Tool - tiny curations
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http://tinycurations.comListen NOW on Pandora:https://www.pandora.com/search/tiny%20curations/Hear the playlist on Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4EJ29QHQWDtQhhpvh1w1gG?si=KWC2Zd-lT5WM_qoqwlPu4g01 - Big Blue Sea02 - Tokyo03 - 2002Bob 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. Actually, you can catch him tonight, for free, at the Shady Grove at 8. For Austin City Limits Radio's, 26th year of Unplugged at the Grove. Thanks for listening.2 min - Woodstock 50 Year Anniversary - tiny curations
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https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5z2qyuXqYWlYeMD0stQTIo?si=mDnW5IamR1-u6i_wuhwXXQ01 - Sharp Dressed Man (2019 Remaster)02 - Just Got Paid03 - Waitin' for the Bus04 - Jesus Just Left ChicagoThat Little Ol' Band From Texas, ZZ Top. Formed in 1969 in Houston, Texas, this year they celebrate 50 years together. 2 guys up front with great ol' big beards and a guy on the drum kit with the last name of Beard.These are some bad Tres Hombres, they used to tour with longhorn steers and rattle snakes on stage with them. They are out on tour now in the good ol' USA, so check 'em out while you can!Let's start this set off with one of their big hits, you may have also heard it on that reality show, from those other guys with big ol' beards:Just got paid today, well I hope so, it's Friday somewhere!These last two songs, well, they go together. They are hard to separate, so I won't do that to them here. I don't want to keep you waiting, so here you go. Thanks for listening!Shortly after recording this episode, a friend made me aware of the recently announcement ZZ Top documentary titled, "That Little Ol' Band from Texas". It will be screening soon, here's the trailer.2 min - Lane Frost - 30 Year Memorial and songs of Cheyenne - tiny curations
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It was 30 years ago today, on July 30, 1989, in Cheyenne, WY, that World Champion Bull Rider, Lane Frost he had just completed an 85-point ride on the bull, "Takin' Care Of Business". Riding a full 8 seconds and dismounting without a wreck, the bull's horn struck him in the back, breaking several of his ribs and severing an artery. He got back onto his feet and waived for help, but he went into cardiac arrest and was rushed to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.But let's listen to a little clip that encapsulates his career, success, and death:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY7bf7dvDL0These songs came to mind when I was in Cheyenne, which in country music has become synonymous with both Bull Riding and Lane Frost, the legend. Here they will be presented as a sort of trilogy, (although, the middle song may take some liberties, I decided to include it here.) Enjoy.I would also like to note, that Luke Perry, Dylan from 90210, he passed away this past March year at the age of 52.Growing up at the time, he was extremely influential, a sort of James Dean type for my generation. And probably the greatest force responsible for my own and many sideburns on men my age. He played Lane frost in the 1994 film, 8 Seconds. He too will be missed.Thanks for listening.2 min
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