Quarantine Scene Check, Day Infinity (Sunday): The depths of AD HQ’s office closet beckoned. And like Hiram Bingham III, but hatless, I entered. The 7 year old’s pleas for FROZEN II dissolved behind me (I ignored them) as I fought past the aesthetic pleasures of BASF stacks and Scotch reel-to-reel tapes. And then there I found it, the unsightly treasure: a cache of ‘90s Case Logic books…
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The Aquarium Drunkard Show: SIRIUS/XMU (7pm PST, Channel 35)
The Aquarium Drunkard Show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 35. 7pm California time, Wednesdays + on-demand. Hot as a roman candle, cool as a case of watery domestics, tonight’s episode digs into The Old, Weird America.
Aquarium Drunkard :: 2018 Year In Review
Here it is. Our obligatory year-end review. The following is an unranked list of albums that caught, and kept, our attention in 2018. Let it blurb. – AD
Catching Up With :: Phil Cook
Wherever he ends up musically, from his work with Hiss Golden Messenger to sitting down with gospel legends the Blind Boys of Alabama , guitarist Phil Cook seems to be smiling. But it’s on his solo albums, […]
Hans Chew :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Late last year, Hans Chew quietly released his fourth album, Open Sea . He’s known for his work with Endless Boogie , Jack Rose , Steve Gunn , Hiss Golden Messenger , and others, and the record caught our ears […]
Diversions :: The Jim Jones Revue on Hitting The Source
( Diversions , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing.) Musically, Brits absorbing American influences and […]
New Orleans :: Jazzfest, April/May 2008
Who’s hitting up jazzfest this year in New Orleans? We’ll be there the second weekend presenting the Parliament Funkadelic show at The Republic . Details/Tickets to follow… Download: MP3: James Booker :: Tipitina/The Grass Looks Greener MP3: Funkadelic :: Can You Get To That? […]
Now Podcasting :: Episode 31
This past Wednesday, prior to his gig at Hotel Cafe in Hollywood, Ben Weaver and his touring cellist, Julia, were able to drop by the Little Radio studio and knock out a couple of songs before […]
Meters :: Live NYC @ The Bottomline 1977
I acquired this 1977 Meters show in 2000 along with the Showboat Lounge show that I posted in January. At the time — and this still may be the case — locating quality live documents […]
Allen Toussaint :: On Your Way Down
In continuuing with the sporadic New Orleans posts until Fat Tuesday here is the fourth installment in the series; the music of one Mr. Allen Toussaint . Like many fans I originally became […]
Professor Longhair :: NOLA Piano Master
The James Booker re-post from last week has reinvigorated my interest in my New Orleans funk and soul collection which — with Mardi Gras in a couple of months — couldn’t have happened at […]
My Morning Jacket :: KVRX 2000
Note: My file host has cracked down on Zip files – therefore I am re-posting this essential MMJ KVRX show.—-I would not have this recording if it wasn’t for the kind […]
Live Upload Series VIII :: Foamfoot (1-8-94)
If you’re a serious Black Crowes fan you probably already own this. The first thing you should know about Foamfoot is that it is a cover band, a damn fine cover […]
Live Upload Series VII :: Undertow Orchestra
This is as close as I got to seeing The Undertow Orchestra , but it’s a damn fine consolation prize. This is the February 14, 2006 performance in Boston, MA. For those […]
The Meters II, NYC :: Live Upload Series VI
George Porter with Professor Longhair Okay, I suppose the Heads posts were enough of a segue to steer us out of the indie/alt.country/folk territory for awhile and into some deep New Orleans funk […]