Well, my computer is sitting in a bin of rice cuz I spilled water on it at a gig yesterday trying to warm up and autograph CDs at the same time. THAT was not the best day of 2019 so far. That said...TODAY is an entirely different day and it brings with it the first Underwater Sunshine Podcast of the year! So THIS is going to be a truly GREAT day...albeit one without a computer (other than one that looks like it’s trying to commit suicide by stir fry).

In which the boyz take a deep and introspective look up their own butts, express themselves about some movies, and (eventually) even talk a little about music. I also personally manage - at one truly proud moment - to say “really good” about 4 times in one sentence. This is high-level stuff. Listen in awe and wonder.

Seriously though, merry late December everyone. See you next year. Try to go six more days without posting some shit about how it’s such a long December this year.

Go ahead. I dare you.

I. Fucking. Dare. You.

Hukka-luh Humma-luh Happy New Year.

Adam has a great music geek week and the Sunshine Boyz check out three different amazing rock and roll bands fronted by three different spectacular women. Zaniness ensues...

...also a good deal of awestruck wonder.

School of Rock is in session.

A trip down the rabbit hole in search of Richard Thompson sessions yields a surprising treasure instead. The boys ride the Merry-Go-Round down to check it out and then spend some time in The Garden for good measure.

I could tell you all sorts of stuff about how we feature Stephen Kellogg’s new album this week plus more Margaret Glaspy and Phoebe Bridgers and some of Amy Vachal’s Garden Session...but it’s Noelle’s b’day so Happy Birthday Noelle!

In which we just go on and on and on talking about the most fascinating topics ever spoken of...probably set some kind of record.

Maybe I’ve just been lucky. I’ve spent my entire life surrounded by so many thoughtful brilliant women. Now that I think about it, what the hell were they doing hanging out with me?

Unwilling to spend his life trapped in a world he never made, Stan Lee simply made a world of his own and then heroically shared it with the rest of us. He gave power to the powerless and showed us all what we could be at our best. We can only try to talk about what he meant to us. We can never really do it justice though.

‘Nuff said.

Regardless of what some people will tell you, voting is good for you. It gives you all kinds of feels and it keeps you regular too. Having satisfied our bi-yearly need to express ourselves, it’s time for the real deal feels. We stick with the Garden Sessions for one more week to talk to my old pal Cinjun Tate of Remy Zero, hang with new friends from Marcy Playground, and visit with OG Outlaw Roadshow vets Brian Holl of Boy Bjorn/Foreign Fields and JP Roney of Boom Forest. We talk, they play, it’s all good.

Calling from Ireland to hip you to this week’s podcast. We’re still deep in the Underwater Sunshine Garden Sessions. This time we chat with Stephen Kellogg to begin with, then Elizabeth and The Catapult, and finally Sean Barna & 1809 Studio’s Dave Drago. Once again it’s live acoustic recordings from the Garden Sessions and behind-the-scenes talks with the musicians who play them! Underwater Sunshine en fuego! Dig it!