Feelings (the band)
Matt and Mark Mueller of Feelings, the Detroit band.
Music
PHOTO: The Tosspints
I only had one lens with me this night, and it was the wrong lens. Not my best photographic adventure, but here’s a few shots for posterity.
AUDIO: Interview with Bo White – February 2010 (Raw)
I had a chance to sit down with Saginaw’s Bo White in 2010.
A Terrible Thing to Let Happen
“The line must be drawn here, and no further!” — Jean Luc Picard Listen to it. It’s all around you. Take this advertisement for instance. It’s an ad that Spotify uses on their own service. The message here is, listen to your headphones, while sitting in a lovely spot, looking at a skyline. Don’t listen …
America, but you have to do a bunch of shit first.
I spent most of the night thinking about how I was going to begin my next blog, before I began it. I’m still here. You’re still there. We’re still bouncing from each other, ocassionally. I didn’t give up the writing blog, didn’t give up the music, didn’t give anything up. Somtimes I give up on …
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Raising Funds to Finish the Album – Thanks to Everyone
Our Kickstarter campaign failed as you already know, and as it’s all or nothing, we didn’t raise any money. But, we’re not giving up. I’ve decided to write this note to shed some light on the situation. When I recorded the song “Holy Motor Blues”, I thought it was just another song I was excited …
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Cutting it off at Twelve: Album almost done.
The final roster of songs for the album is almost complete. Now comes the hard part: nitpicking each tune to death, making it ready for your ears, and raising the money to print it. That’s what our kickstarter campaign is for. If, by some stroke of magic, we actually reach our goal and print the …
Tossing the Pint: an Interview With Don Zuzula
I first met Don Zuzula in 2009 at White’s Bar in Saginaw, Michigan, one of the only true music “venues” in Saginaw. Owner Bo White prides himself on sustaining a weekly lineup of local, regional and national recording artists. Don was up on stage with his band The Tosspints, at the time a very Irish-punk …
Grateful Dead, Phish, Sprout
I haven’t talked about a jamband in a long time. I have an aversion to it like a former Secretary of State doesn’t want to admit letting things go to shit. I don’t want to go there often, yet I am always listening to Phish and the Dead. On August 9th, 1995, I was at …