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Now Podcasting :: Episode 17

Welcome to Episode 17 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 week's podcast.Prompted/inspired by a Lambchop show a few weeks ago here in L.A. I decided to continue the theme of Episode 16 for this week's show . . .

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Micah P. Hinson And The Opera Circuit

Recorded in Micah's hometown of Abilene, TX, it's a small wonder we're even getting to hear this album so soon after Hinson's debilitating back surgery following his European tour earlier in the year. I suppose all that time on the mend must be an agent of creativity as ...And The Opera Circuit comes on strong. A slew of friends were . . .

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Ill Lit :: The Tom Cruise Album

Los Angeles based Ill Lit's latest album entitled Tom Cruise is a 10 track trek through '70s singer-songwriter country rock propped up by the economical use 21st century electronic synth flourishes. It pans out pretty well somewhere in the vein of Josh Rouse crossed with The Jayhawks. Breezy you could say."a . . .

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Gob Iron :: Death Songs For The Living

Gob Iron's Death Songs for the Living is the sort of wonder project that keeps the alt.country/alt.folk set frothing at the mouth in anticipation. And for good reason. Comprised Jay Farrar and Anders Parker, Gob Iron is almost entirely the duo's take on old, yet re-styled and arranged, traditional folk songs . . .

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Damien Jurado :: That I’m In Your Shadow

October 10th saw Secretly Candians's release of Damien Jurado's latest LP And Now That I'm In Your Shadow -- his seventh full length album. I *just* missed seeing Jurado with Rosie Thomas in Atlanta . . .

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The Cassettes :: ‘Neath The Pale Moon

Brought to you by L.A.'s own Buddyhead Records is the latest LP from Washington D.C.'s The Cassettes. Self described as a "rock n' roll vaudeville western band" The Cassettes play there own brand of indie rock referred to as steam punk -- yeah, dig that. I'm new to these guys but fully on board after listening to this latest release the past few days . . .

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SXSW 2006 :: Richard Hawley Interview

Live Daily has recently aired an interview I did for them with Richard Hawley at SXSW in Austin last March. A casual interview, Hawley and I discussed touring, music blogs, his influences, etc at a restaurant prior to his gig later that night. A real gentleman and a pleasure to interview.DOWNLOAD:MP3/Stream: SXSW 2006 :: Richard Hawley Interview

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LUNA :: Tell Me Do You Miss Me

This 2006 documentary (surrounding the final year of LUNA's career as a working band) has come up several times in conversation within the past week. I figure that alone merits yet another LUNA post on the Drunkard.As a huge fan of the band's catalog it was both an interesting documentation of the inner-workings of the group, as well as a bit depressing and anti-climatic. become a member or log in.

Rolling Stones :: Cocksucker Blues EP

photo: Sticky Fingers' LP jacketThe kings of early '70s hedonism had a court order produced declaring this documentary could not be shown without the presence of it's director, Robert Franks. That did not stop the bootleg of the film from being widely dispersed on the black market. This is a truly naked, candid, often disturbing look at a band on tour wrapped up in drama and addiction. It's also fascinating. The film takes up where Albert Maysles documentary

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Pussy Cats :: Revisited & Re-interpreted

The story of John Lennon's estrangement from Yoko Ono in 1974 has become the stuff of rock & roll lore. Holed up for months in L.A., Lennon's adventures have long been playfully referred to as his "lost weekend." Read: super-bender. During this stint to the golden coast, among drinking, drugging, corralling and other la la treats, Lennon produced Nilsson's album become a member or log in.

Official Release :: Tall & The Band Sessions

Closing in now on twenty years, The Black Crowes have stood their ground as the American blues-based rock & roll outfit working today. They are a throwback in the best way to the arena sized giants of the late sixties and seventies. Rock & Roll excess, drama, crooked music biz politics, sibling rivalry...money-makin'.

Last Spring I posted, as part of An Aquarium Drunkard's Lost Album Series, The Black Crowes unreleased albums

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The Broken West

This is relatively old news in the uber-fast Internet era, but I did want to mention that due to legal issues L.A.'s The Brokedown have been forced to change their name. That's the bad news. But, the good news is that we like their new name even better: The Broken West. As reported earlier, the band signed to Merge at . . .

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Travel By Sea :: New Song

I stumble upon some of my favorite music finds by accident. A conversation, a late night podcast, an obscure music rag, etc., etc. In this case it was, as happens regularly, by the recommendation of a friend. I know very little about Travel By Sea other than they are an indie-folk songwriting duo that have never met. One of them lives in Colorado -- the other in California. Their compositions are carefully put together piecemeal via the Internet. They have one full length album out which I have yet to hear, but based . . .

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The Evens :: Upcoming Album, Etc.

And we're....back. I've been away from a computer for awhile, so while playing catch up earlier today I read the Pitchfork piece on news of The Evens upcoming album entitled The Evens Get Evens, out November 6th. Being that the outfit's debut was (and continues to be) one of my favorite jams of 2005, this is welcome news. In the meantime, check . . .

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Now Podcasting :: Episode 16 (Highly Rec’d)

Welcome to Episode 16 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 week's podcast.I am particularly fond of this show as it's based in acoustic/roots music, which my ears typically turn . . .

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