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Meet the Super Friends

13 Mar
Meet the Super Friends

We begin the evening with that fine photogenic fellow John Powhida and his merry band of Rudds. Meanwhile, upstairs, Frank and Seamus get ready to document the rock for Super 400’s forthcoming live album. Would you believe this room – second floor of Tess’ Lark Tavern – was the set for the Babylon video? At […]

The revolution starts now

08 Mar
The revolution starts now

Armed with his dad’s jacket, his dad’s poem “Save It” and two noisemakers, Noah Nattell offered a joyful tribute to his father at last weekend’s “Memorial Circus” celebrating the late Albany poet-activist Tom Nattell. The event took place at the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Center Square. At the end of the evening, I joined Michael […]

On the plate, of late

03 Mar
On the plate, of late

I know the listing on the “Shows” page is a little slim. As in no nada nuthin’. But there’s a lot going on behind the scenes. Here’s what I’ll be working on the next few weeks: Recording the final two songs for the “Spy Love Box” EP; Inventing some songs to layer on top of […]

Real? Compared to What?

03 Mar

PS: That article also mentioned Common, and oh, don’t get me started. Common disappointed me big time a couple-few moons ago. While I understand that pimping product is just about the only way for major-label artists to actually see green these days, you don’t have to sell out by bastardizing genius VietNam-era protest songs to […]

The new positivity plan

02 Mar
The new positivity plan

Lightweight articles on pop culture trends are annoying in general. But nothing is more annoying or consistently as ill-informed as the stupid article on trends in hip-hop “positivity” that’s been written and re-written every six months since Arrested Development appeared on the scene in the early 90s. But in a long line of such bad […]