In my mind The Pixies canon is hallowed ground, so much so that I opted out of seeing them live when they re-formed in 2004 for fear the experience might taint the music and memories for me. […]
Month: November 2006
The Devil And Daniel Johnston :: DVD
A truly great documentary works for the audience regardless of it’s source material; one such recent example of this is The Devil And Daniel Johnston . Regarded by some as an incomparable artistic genius, and by others as a troubled […]
The Evens :: Get Evens
While picking up the The Evens new release, Get Evens, Tuesday it dawned on me that the purchase was actually quite fitting with all the political hub-bub in the air (tv/conversation/computer/papers) of late. There is still something satisfying and […]
A.D. Exclusive :: Travel By Sea (In Studio)
We had a special guest visiting the loft studios at Little Radio yesterday. Kyle Kersten, one half of rising indie-folk duo Travel By Sea , stopped by The Aquarium Drunkard Show and spent a couple of hours playing unreleased songs […]
Now Podcasting 18 :: The 1960s Podcast
Welcome to Episode 18 of the podcast edition of The Aquarium Drunkard Show; airing live every Wednesday 2-4 p.m. PST at the Little Radio studios in downtown L.A. As requested, below is the tracklisting order for this […]
Guitars…Cadillacs…Hillbilly Music
Most folks today are completely unaware of Dwight Yoakam’s original punk rock alliances at the beginning of his career. For when Yoakam started out his music was completely disregarded by the established country music regime who saw […]
Spencer Davis Group/Traffic/Blind Faith
There was a time, and not so long ago, when any mention of the name “Steve Winwood” quickly conjured images of very bad MTV videos and cheesy ’80s pop pap. For me, this lasted until late-college when […]
Wowee Zowee :: Sordid Sentinals Edition
“Oh, that I could bend my tongue outwards/Leave your lungs hurting/Tuckin’ my shirt in/Pants I wear so well/Cross your t’s shirt smells/Worse than your lyin’/Caught my dad cryin'” – “Rattled By The Rush” And so […]
Elephant Micah :: Embarrassment of Riches
I featured the formidable songwriting talents of Elephant Micah once before on the Drunkard at the tail end of 2005. Just recently I received in the mail the new Elephant Micah EP Embarrassment of Riches. Self released, Micah […]
Swan Lake :: Beast Moans
I can only imagine the anticipatory vibe surrounding the release of late ’60s supergroup Blind Faith’s sole release was something akin to that of what the indie community has been experiencing the past few months in regard […]
Frank Black :: Los Angeles Re-visited
I lost touch with Frank Black’s music years ago, but not before his 1993 debut/eponymous solo album . At the time, as a rabid and devout Pixies fan, this album was highly anticipated…and hey, surprise, it wasn’t the Pixies […]
Pretenders :: Reissued (Rhino) 2006
The Verdict: It’s fantastic to listen to this Rhino reissue of The Pretenders debut in the here and now of late 2006. Let me gush for a moment; if this album dropped today it . . . Only […]
The Rolling Stones :: Exile Outtakes
Upon the first ten to twenty listens, The Stones Exile On Main Street comes off as a real fucking mess, and doesn’t begin to reveal its true self and the charms within for even longer. But such is the […]
Hunky Dory :: Quicksand (demo)
1971’s Hunky Dory has long been, and remains, one of my very favorite Bowie albums. But after I heard the version with the bonus tracks, I found the original studio version to fall a little flat when […]
Pink Nasty :: Mold The Gold
My first exposure to both Pink Nasty (and her brother Black Nasty ) was through her website and myspace pages. I thought it was brilliant, smartass (see Black Nasty) parody. My second exposure was the release of Bonnie “Prince” Billy’s […]
