Radkey: Romance Dawn
What is it about siblings in rock bands? There’s something musically cool and unified that I’ve never been able to put my finger on about the work of people who undertake rock music having come from...
View ArticleSan Andreas Fault Onstage At Redmoon’s Winter Pageant
Last night was opening night for Redmoon Theater’s 2013 Winter Pageant. I wrote the original music for this indescribable show and my surf-noir band San Andreas Fault performs on stage as the...
View ArticleThe Jesus Lizard Book: Now Shipping
Shipping now from Akashic Books: The Jesus Lizard “Book”, a biography of Chicago’s greatest postpunk band, suitable for coffee tables everywhere. Included is a section I wrote on the band’s early days...
View ArticleTwist Again (And Again And Again And Again)
Just in case anybody was laboring under the mistaken belief that rap music invented or was first to lionize the blatant, direct repackaging of musical material, enjoy the following screenshot from my...
View ArticleJon Solomon’s Holiday Marathon Broadcast 25th Anniversary #wprbxmas
At 4PM CST, WPRB’s musicologist extraordinaire Jon Solomon will take the mike again…and not let go until a full 25 hours of holiday tunes and stories hit the air right along with a certain Mr. Kringle....
View ArticleSo Long, Dave
Back when I used to more regularly add stuff to RW370, one of my favorite things to add was YouTube clips of Letterman in the ’80s, under a category named “NBC Letterman”. Tonight is Dave’s last show,...
View ArticleI Killed Sears, And I’m Sorry
Today’s news that Sears has finally filed for bankruptcy protection has me thinking about my own role in the legendary retailer’s demise at the hands of the internet. In 1995, along with a business...
View ArticleDemocratic Party Discovers State Of Wisconsin
Unlike 2016, Democrats are now virtually guaranteed to land the candidate's plane in Wisconsin this time.
View ArticleHacking Bob’s One-day Fundraising Number
Why did Beto's Senate campaign send almost $6 million to the Texas Democratic Party?
View ArticleRick Perry’s Department of Energy passes Freedom Gas
I can’t even On Tuesday, the Department of Energy posted a press release about liquid natural gas exports, referring to natural gas as “freedom gas” and “molecules of “U.S. freedom.” The release was...
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