P-Stomp, Day 1

It's no secret that the average age of the performers at the Ponderosa Stomp is well north of your average festival. Collectively though, these artists put on a show that's more unhinged, more high energy, more insane (!!!) than comers half - or even a third - their age.

Day One of the P-Stomp was a runaway sucess. The first ever slate of P-Stomp day panels (held in the historic Cabildo building on Jackson Square, where the Louisiana Purchase transfer took place in 1803) drew SRO crowds. My favorite panel featured southern guitar legend Travis Wammack, who told the audience that his other passion is rattlesnake hunting. With a slingshot!

The P-Stomp itself was a marathon nine hour blowout. Here's a few highlights:


Former Shore Fire client Mary Weiss had the crowd in the palm of her hand. She played lots of Shangri-Las songs, including my fave, "Out in the Streets." Yeah!


Legendary rockabilly sibs The Collins Kids Tore. It. Up.


Wildman Roy Head moved so fast I still couldn't get a good pic of him. Even with flash!


Backstage with "Mojo Hannah" herself, Tammy Lynn. Tired, but happy.

Down At The Union Hall

How much do I love my job? Yesterday I attended a pre-P-Stomp rehearsal for Wardell Quezergue's Rhythm & Blues Revue, at the New Orleans Musicians Union and was one of roughly a dozen people who saw history first-hand.

Known as the Creole Beethoven, Wardell is one of the great architects of the New Orleans groove. He has arranged historic sides for Fats Domino and Professor Longhair, not to mention out-of-towners like Paul Simon and Willie Nelson. Though now blind, his ears are sharper than ever, and yesterday he presided over a rehearsal that included Jean Knight belting out her monster hit "Mr. Big Stuff" and, in the pic below, Tammy Lynn tearing up her classic "Mojo Hannah."

That's Wardell in the center of the frame with his back to the camera, white hair, plaid shirt. On the drums? Zigaboo Modeliste, arguably the greatest percussionist ever to hail from the Crescent City. On the piano? Yep, Dr. John, who's scheduled to play a special P-Stomp exclusive set of his early Mac Rebennack material.

Wardell & co. hit the stage tonite at the House of Blues for the first night of the 7th Annual Ponderosa Stomp. I can assure you from first hand experience, it'll be all killer, no filler.

Murakami at the Brooklyn Museum

© Murakami is something I’ve been looking forward to since I heard about the exhibit’s premiere at MOCA in Los Angeles. I probably would have traveled anywhere within three hours by plane, train or automobile to see it, so it was somewhat of a relief to find out it was coming to the Brooklyn Museum, which is only a three minute walk from my apartment (yay Prospect Heights).

Takashi Murakami is a genius making some of the most provocative art anywhere in the world today (take that, Damien Hirst!). Accessible but endlessly complex, Murakami’s work is instantly recognizable and charming (even when it’s disturbing) and heavily influenced by manga and anime from his native Japan.

You may already be familiar with his work, even if you don’t recognize his name. Murakami designed the cover of Kanye West’s latest album ‘Graduation.’

Check out the video of Mr. Pointy (on of Murakami’s characters) arriving in Brooklyn:



© Murakami is currently at the Brooklyn Museum through July 13.

Prince Is A "Creep"

If you were at Coachella this past Saturday night, chances are you saw this: Prince playing Radiohead's "Creep" as part of a two-hour set. And chances are that I envy you.

Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans?

I do, and I couldn't be more excited to be back. I'm in town for the 7th annual Ponderosa Stomp. I arrived Saturday morning, and so far the trip has been a blur of incredible music and insane meals (more on that in a minute).

Neither a torrential downpour or a misspelled sign (see above) kept'em away from the P-Stomp showcase at the Jazzfest fairgrounds on Saturday. Thousands turned out to see unsung legends Lil Buck Sinegal, Dennis Binder, Tammy Lynn, Roy Head, Archie Bell and others.

Unforgettable moment: Roy Head warming-up backstage just before going on. A cross between Elvis and Bruce Lee. The above camera-phone shot doesn't begin to convey this man's whipsmart energy. The audience totally ate it up. A woman threw her panties onstage!

Speaking of unforgettable, here's a quick checklist of dishes I've eaten in the past 48 hours: crawfish beignets, duck po-boy, cochon de lait (roast pork) po-boy, pizza with andouille sausage and jalapenos, eggs florentine with fried oysters, praline bacon, soft shell crab po-boy, and turtle soup. I feel kind of gross now that I think about it.

Edwards Makes It Four For Letterman

Kathleen Edwards was in town for her fourth appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman (seen below outside the studio with Mark Satlof, Matt Hanks, her manager Patrick Sambrook and Diana D' Angelo). At a convivial dinner after the taping, Kathleen reminisced about some of the other bookings...the time she pulled off to the side of the road waiting to see if a last minute offer would come in for that day (it did) and the memorable booking that had her on a marathon 13 hour bus ride from Toronto during a blizzard to make the show. By now, Letterman feels like home.

A Swell Morning With The Swell Season

Last Friday Matt Hanks and I joined Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova at GOOD MORNING AMERICA for a performance as part of their Friday concert series. Though I have the Once Soundtrack on constant rotation on my ipod this was the first time I have seen them perform the songs live. I must say if you find the music moving on record or in the film just imagine how powerful it is from just a couple of feet away – absolutely incredible! After their performance Matt and I grabbed a photo with the lovely duo in the green room.

First Act's Walker on Fox's "Happy Hour"

Our friend and former Shore Fire employee Jeff Walker, in charge of marketing for the musical products company First Act, came to town yesterday to tout the company's new earth friendly guitars on the Fox Business Chanel program "Happy Hour." The show films live at the Bull & Bear, in the Waldorf Astoria.

Here's Jeff with co-host Rebecca Gomez, who's checking out the First Act Bambusa, just before the start of his segment.


And here's the other co-host, Cody, holding First Act's Adam Gardner model, getting prepped to go on, with Shore Fire's Maggie Poulos looking on.

It's Another Party Time at Shore Fire

It's not all fun and games at Shore Fire. Oh, wait maybe it is. But seriously, celebrating staff birthday's is a longtime tradition here. Today is was Staten Islander Chris Tallie's turn to blow out the candles on a delicious carrot cake.

Battle of the Bands!

Some of you know how crazy we are about our Wii, and about the raging Guitar Hero battles that go on after hours at Shore Fire HQ. Now there's a new contender for our musical game affection: THQ's Battle of The Bands.

A combination of "rhythm action skill and weaponized instruments," according to the promotional site, the game features cover versions of 30 licensed songs, available in any of the following five musical genres: Rock, Country, Marching Band, Hip Hop and Ranchero. And I'm thinking I've just gotta hear what "Blitzkrieg Bop" (charmingly misnomered "Blitzkrieg Bob") sounds like Ranchero-style or "Insane in the Brain" à la Marching Band!

See some of the gameplay at IGN.

Record Store Day

Record Store Day is tomorrow, April 19. From the official Record Store Day website: "On Saturday, April 19, 2008, hundreds of independently owned music stores across the country will celebrate 'Record Store Day.'" Hundreds of indie shops are participating in the celebration with in-stores, specials and other events, so go visit your fave tomorrow and spend a couple bucks. I'm going to stop by Other Music, where several guest DJs will spin. Hopefully an original pressing of this will turn up - an album that I spent hours looking for at the '07 WFMU Record Fair.

Why a "Record Store Day," you ask? Read about it here.

Spring Fashion News

We love our friends at Ropeadope, who besides offering stupendous music to the masses, also make really excellent t-shirts. They were kind enough to send Chris Taillie and me a couple, and since Chris is already a paragon of fashion and I am a onetime model, we thought we'd show them off.

Thanks, Ropeadopers. May a thousand Experiments bloom!

Spring Sounds at Shore Fire

It's been warming up over the last few weeks here in NYC, and there are signs of spring everywhere. The farmer's market is back. The trees are green. And there are once again bands playing in the courthouse plaza across the street.

We see (and hear) it all here- rock bands, gospel choirs, drumlines, high school bands... but the first official plaza concert of 2008, which i'm listening to through my open office window, is a surprisingly good smooth jazz band. And by band, i think it's actually just one guy with an electric guitar and some backing tracks.

I've been enjoying myself trying to identify the songs he's playing. So far i've recognized
"Ignition" by R. Kelly (a bold choice)
"Brick House" by the Commodores
"K-Jee" by MFSB (from the saturday night fever soundtrack- I'm both ashamed and proud to have gotten that one)
"Could it be I'm Falling in Love"- The Spinners
"Ain't Nobody"- Chaka Kahn

As it's now lunch, i think i'm going to go down and have a look at the magic close-up.

My New Favorite Restaurant in Brooklyn

So the Krauser family legacy runs pretty deep in Brooklyn. My father was raised here, and my grandfather actually had a hardware store on Atlantic Avenue. I recenlty found out from my Dad that the store was at 81 Atlantic.

After a little sleuthing, I discovered that the new tenants are the Mark Satlof approved Moxie Spot, a great little restaurant that is very kid friendly. What I also discovered (and what makes me more than a little excited) is that when they bought the building and stripped the paint off the sign that was up, they found the old "Krauser Hardware" sign underneath! And then they made it into a table!



That's me in front of the Krauser table! Nat the owner decided the old sign was so cool he wanted to incorporate it into the space. he's also got the "Hardware" part of the sign up on the wall.


And Lost City has a picture of the sign after they uncovered it.

So anyway, go eat at the Moxie Spot and think of me and my family when you do. The Krauser legacy comes full circle in Brooklyn.

Elvis Has Left The Building, But My Uncle's Still There

I was down in Mobile, AL, for my sister's wedding over the weekend, and got the chance to reconnect with a lot of family. Among them, my uncle Mott from Memphis. Turns out that Mott, a 75 year old retired banker, recently embarked on a new career. As a tour guide at Graceland! He says it's a great gig, but that alas, even Graceland employees aren't allowed upstairs. What goes on up there anyway?

Pitchfork.tv, The New MTV

I'm not going to say anything that hasn't already been said about Pitchfork.TV. But the site makes me feel like I'm in junior high again, a time when watching MTV with my friends after school was a daily ritual. The glory days of alternative music, set to great music videos (ie Weezer's "Say It Ain't So," or Beck's "Where It's At.")

Ahhhhh...nostalgia. Pitchfork, get this one up pronto!

Pitchfork.TV is going to revive the music video - that's my prediction. The format never died - bands have continued to make them - but the hype faded a few years back when MTV stopped showing them.

It's not just about traditional videos, which they will have a massive library of soon enough. It's about exclusive original content. They debuted the site last week with a live Radiohead performance of "Bangers and Mash" in Nigel Godrich's basement. They've debuted full live sets from bands like Jay Reatard and have a series called "Don't Look Down," filmed on the roof of a 25-story NYC building. This first video features The Thermals playing "Returning To The Fold."

The videos look great, sound great, and the original content is artistically done.

Kitty's Back, Impish Edwards Horns In

Kathleen Edwards was just riveting with her band last night at a packed Irving Plaza...if you've ever seen her, you know she commands the stage. Her set was brilliantly-paced, hot-rockers mixed with slower songs from her new album Asking For Flowers, both with band and solo. It seemed inevitable that the night would lead to a wall of sound crescendo, and it did with the final encore Back to Me, during which the crowd sang along...according to Edwards, jubilantly, a first.

After the set, I ran into Sean Coakley of radio promotion company Songlines. I run see him often at our clients' shows...he must be involved with half of our roster, we're very simpatico. (See Kathleen, with her patented mischevious good fun, sneakin' into the shot!)

Shameless Shore Fire Promotion

I happen to be doing a little googling of Shore Fire Media and discovered this juicy and insightful Q & A with our Vice-President Mark Satlof on Mediabistro's PR Newswer. Click here if you want to know whether Mark prefers coffee or tea, how he feels about the closing of Yankee and Shea stadiums, his favorite parts about working in the music biz, his first time seeing Elvis Costello, and what Ike Turner wrote on his signed photo.

Thursday Apr 03, 2008

PRNewser Interview: Mark Satlof, Shore Fire Media VP

It doesn't take a genius to understand that the music industry game is changing. Just yesterday, Jay-Z announced he would be leaving Def-Jam, his longtime record label in favor of an unprecedented $150 million deal with concert promoter Live Nation.

If anyone can provide an inside look into this world, it's Shore Fire Media. The music focused PR and Online Marketing agency represents artists including Bruce Springsteen, Norah Jones, Elvis Costello and Paul Simon.

VP Mark Satlof recently talked to PRNewser about client Billy Bragg's Op-Ed in the New York Times, working Grammy night and changes in the music industry from a PR perspective.

Up with McRae at the Living Room

Last night, at her fourth showcase in a month at the Living Room on Ludlow St. in NYC, Hilary McRae came into her own. From a pretty terrific start, I've watched Hilary get better and better each time I've seen her there. Perched front and center behind her keyboard, the young songwriter, singer, bandleader and multi-instrumentalist has got her guys dance-band tight...the three man horn section punches, the rhythm section's funky and rock solid, and the guitarist punctuates Hilary's key's perfectly. Keep an eye out in the next few weeks as Hilary, signed to Hear Music, will be making an appearance on CBS Saturday Early Show. Her Stevie Wonder/Earth Wind and Fire/70s horn- inspired debut Through These Wall, is out next Tuesday.

Here's me, Hilary, and Shore Fire's Carrie Tolles after the show.

Doucet Tunes Up at Shore Fire

One of our newest clients Luke Doucet flew in the other day from Toronto for a gig at Joe's Pub. White Gretsch Falcon in tow, Luke pulled a rockin' Billy Bragg move onstage, bashing that sweet sounding guitar solo for a too short set of songs from his upcoming Blood's Too Rich album. (Think loping Crazy Horse rhythm section, with some extra hollow body guitar twang, meets tales of dusty, beat down drifters and ne'er-do-wells).

On Thurday, Luke came to visit. So what's the thing to do when one of Canada's most in-demand guitarists is sitting in your office? Get him to tune up your early 60s Gibson, of course. Thanks, Luke.


We pulled some interesting stories out of Luke, like the one about the first time he traveled across Canada by himself...at age 11. But more of that later. Before he left, we got Luke to visit our mailroom. Here's Luke with me and Diana D'Angelo.

Our Vegetable Love Should Grow

There's an awful lot of meat on this blog, so I thought I'd lighten up the intake with something a little lower on the food chain.

Tuesdays and Thursdays bring a sweet Greenmarket to the plaza across the street, so I snapped these photos there, one of baby greens (always part of my lunch) and one of spring flowers because today is, finally, exquisitely spring-y.



And if you realized that the title of this post was an Andrew Marvell allusion, you're my favorite reader.

Radar Records Redux

In 1978, Robyn Hitchcock, Nick Lowe and Elvis Costello were all signed to Radar in the UK. If you're wondering when the last time these three great musicians were all in the same room together, well I'll tell you...it was last night!

Hitchcock opened for Lowe at the Grand Ballroom in NYC. They both performed with just their own sparse acoustic guitar accompaniment, and they both were great. The capper to the night occurred during the encore, when Costello bounded out onto the stage to join Nick for a wonderful duet on "Indoor Fireworks." Robyn Hitchcock then made it a trio for a sweetly harmonious version of the Beatles' "If I Fell" and then, after the three had a brief huddle, a rockin' version of "Mystery Train" (made famous by Elvis Presley). At least that's the way I think it went...I was nearly too flabbergasted to keep it straight. Put last night down as a pinch-me moment for the files.

Happy Birthday, Nick!

Today is Nick Baily's birthday, so in celebration we had key lime pie and musical mockery yesterday afternoon.

And I learned something new about Nick: his favorite sport (besides the Redskins) is shark-jumping!


Here's Nick after triumphantly blowing out his candles. In the background, from left: Abby Johns, Will Dukes, Nora Lyons, Rebecca Shapiro (seated) and Nick Loss-Eaton. (Photo credit: Carrie Tolles.)

OMG! NKOTB!

Say what you will but I am thrilled about the New Kids On The Block reunion and upcoming tour and album! Joey was my second crush (Freddie Mercury was my first) and I'd pretend my blue eyed Cabagge Patch doll was our child. NKOTB at Six Flags Great Adventure in NJ was my first concert (although I did fall asleep but I was 8 or 9 years old and it was way past my bedtime).

Last summer I purchased an NKOTB T-shirt made by Junk Food and everytime I wear it people always have positive things to say. Welcome back boys!

Tap Lives, Shore Fire b-day Celebrated

We rented a theater in our local Cobble Hill Cinema last night for a big screen showing of This Is Spinal Tap, the movie for which no adjectives are needed modify its greatness. Shore Fire staff and journalist and music industry friends, as well as our client, the songwriter and singer Tina Dico, mingled in space. Conceived as just a fun night out, we realized later that the timing was right to celebrate Shore Fire's 18th birthday. Marilyn Laverty started the company just a couple of blocks from our current Court St. location in early April 1990. Eighteen was certainly a step up from last year's more modest affair.

Anticipation built...and we had a couple of our own Spinal Tap moments. We'd gotten everyone seated, and then the projectionist disappeared. It took a few long minutes before he returned and got the movie going. Then, wouldn't you know it, the dvd started skipping, luckily at the very end over the credits. Anyway, me = This is Spinal Tap never gets old, but it does get better.

L-R, here's Shore Fire's Nora Lyons, Michael Lavigne, Chris Tallie and Rebecca Shapiro.

Marilyn Laverty blows out a birthday candle. Onlookers include Chris Tallie, musician Tina Dico and Shore Fire's Matt Hanks (sweater).

A radiant Tina Dico talks to her publicist here at Shore Fire, Maggie Poulos.

Jens Lekman @ Webster Hall 4/5

I saw the Swedish darling Jens Lekman on Saturday night at Webster Hall (sorry I don’t have any pictures…my camera is officially dunzo), and there’s something so refreshingly sincere about his music, voice and stage presence. I think my friend said it best when he noted that there’s nothing ironic about Jens Lekman. No shtick, no gimmick, no costumes or I Did This To Win A Bet mustache. Just an adorable man singing about things like his hairdresser. And he sings about these things beautifully, without being too precious or hysterical.

Though his set was short, Jens played all my favorites: “A Postcard to Nina,” “Black Cab,” “The Opposite of Hallelujah” and “A Sweet Summer’s Night on Hammer Hill.” He also played a few encores and managed to engage the crowd in a massive whistle-along during one tune, which earned him lots of bonus points in my heart.

Oh, Jens Lekman. How can you be so charming and endearing? It seems almost physically impossible…

That was Then and This is Now....

I got to see my old friend and band-mate Sherman Ewing perform the other night at Ace of Clubs...and I'm so impressed that he's kept up as performing musician. He's getting better as a singer and songwriter every time I see him, and his crowd's getting bigger too. Another old band-mate, John "Jo Jo" Hermann, originally the drummer but now the longtime keyboardist for Widespread Panic, was in town and sat in for half the show.

In 1985, I played guitar for the band, originally Sherman & The Bureaucrats, and later just the Bureaucrats. Here's the photo (taken by David Gahr) that appeared on the back cover of our one and only, and ultra-rare, single (produced by Wayne Kramer!). Except for the guy on the far right, we all were in the same room at Sherman's show. Here's That Was Then:



And here's the This is Now shot. On the far left is Denny Dennis, original 'Crats guitarist and then manager, followed by John "Jo Jo' Hermann, Sherman Ewing, Bill Zuckerman and me.




Before the show, I got to catch up with Jo Jo and Sherman at dinner.

And here's a shot of Sherman with Jo Jo on keys and Michael Ray on skronkin' trumpet.

Nancie & The Rockers

I'm very proud of the years I spent at Mattel in the '90s, producing the first computer games for girls and launching Barbie.com. So I was pleased and very gratified last week to be invited back to their corporate headquarters in El Segundo, CA to speak to an employee conference about "The Future of Music."

My conclusions were fueled by my own personal Magic 8 Ball, but basically the gist of it was:

• Kids have always loved music;
• There are lots of new and traditional ways to discover music;
• We have to be creative about finding new ways to make money from it;
  
• Music is a personal soundtrack, not a CD; and
• "The Macarena" and "Crank That" have more in common than you think.

There were many musical interludes, and much appreciation for our client Baby Loves Hip Hop's efforts to provide parents with music they can enjoy with their children.

But for some reason, the international audience particularly enjoyed this video of a long-forgotten '80s band (the hair alone is worth a view):

Counting To Ten with Tina Dico at Sirius

Tina Dico is in town this week to celebrate the release of her upcoming 'Count to Ten' and I had the pleasure of accompanying her on an interview and performance at Sirius Satellite Radio. She sat down to chat with Out Q's Larry Flick and play a few of her songs as well as a cool cover of Dylan's "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right".

Here's a shot of her singing "On the Run" that I took from behind the glass.


After her interview she signed Sirius' wall of fame...


... and posed for a shot with the always charming Larry Flick.


I thought that the photo they took of me for my security badge was pretty funny -- especially since I wasn't even aware that I was being shot (who's the dude in the background?)


All in all, we had a lot of fun on this rainy Friday afternoon on the 36th floor of 1221.

Dapper Office Visitor

We were happy to have manager Juan Luis Carrera stop by our office yesterday, to get loaded up with CDs. We're working with Juan on The Hold Steady, who've got an album coming out later this year. Here he is resting in Nick Baily's office.

Remembering MLK Jr and James Brown This Weekend

The 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr's assassination is today, April 4. A good deal of programming will air over the next few days in honor of Dr. King's legacy and the effect that his untimely death had on our country.

One such show, "The Night James Brown Saved Boston," airing on VH1, is about James Brown's televised concert in Boston the night after MLK Jr. passed away in April 1968. The event, and James himself, were largely responsible for keeping the city relatively peaceful. While Boston listened to the godfather of soul, many American cities were literally going up in flames as people reacted to the assassination. Read more about the program on VH1.com and listen to an interview with the show's director on NPR. It airs at 9PM Eastern Time on Saturday.

Here's a clip of the concert where James tells the crowd, and the police, to calm down as tension starts to build.

2 Items off my Bucket List

The last two days have been pretty busy with client activity for me, but i can't complain, because it's allowed me to scratch two items off my own personal bucket list.

Yesterday I accompanied Ladybug Mecca to the NPR studios on 42nd Street for an interview with Day to Day on the outstanding new kids' album Baby Loves Hip Hop, released earlier this week by Baby Loves Music. She, host Christopher Johnson, and Baby Loves Music founder Andy Hurwitz had a lively and wide-ranging conversation about the challenges and fun of making a hip-hop record for the preschool set. However, it was a special treat for me to meet her because Ladybug is a former member of Digable Planets, whose debut album Reachin was the first CD I ever bought with my own money a-way way back in 1993.

This morning, I met another of my heroes. It happened while I was at NY1 News with Three Graces, a wonderful vocal trio who just released their debut album and finished a tour with Paul Potts. However, they have an especially big performance coming up when they play for The Pope April 19 during his visit to the United States. I brought them to New York 1 News for an interview with the station's amazing arts reporter Stephanie Simon, who had previously interviewed them during their show in NYC with Paul Potts.


As we were leaving, I saw Pat Kiernan, the morning news anchor on NY1, standing across the newsroom. I asked Stephanie if she could introduce us, and she did. Pat is beloved by many New Yorkers (including myself and several other shore fire staffers) for his impeccably deadpan delivery and sardonic wit, which really shine during his signature segment, In the papers. From left to right, it's me, Pat, Sara Gettelfinger, Kelly Levesque, and Joy Kabanuck. If you live in the five boroughs, watch NY1 on Monday when the Three Graces story is set to begin airing.

Danielia Cotton is one Lucky lady!

Yesterday, I escorted singer /songwriter/ guitarist Danielia Cotton to Lucky Magazine for a "meet and greet" with editors Bridget Buckley (left) and Liz Kiernan (right). Danielia sat down with the ladies and dished on life on the road, her favorite downtown facialists and revealed which product works best after exhausting hours of air travel (her pick is Dr. Hauschka's Rejuvenating Mask).

Diana and Clooney sitting in a tree

My week in Los Angeles has been amazing!
After an early morning flight on Monday I headed to a photo shoot with the B-52s for Interview magazine (the photos are fierce!) and that evening I escorted Ledisi to the premiere of the film Leatherheads.

Check out this great red carpet moment captured on film. Clooney is so into me!


More news from LA to come.

GREAT NORTHWEST DESCENDS ON NYC

On Saturday night the Great Northwest descended on lower Manhattan hitting the stage of the Bowery Ballroom where Blitzen Trapper and Fleet Foxes performed. Blitzen Trapper is my new favorite band. I’m wild about their latest album ‘Wild Mountain Nation’ – no pun intended. I danced my butt off through out their set of twangy Big Star inspired rockers. Washington's Fleet Foxes opened for them and had the packed house in a trance with their ethereal folk rock harmonies. Watch the Youtube video of BT above and check out the bands myspace pages below –
www.myspace.com/blitzentrapper
www.myspace.com/fleetfoxes

eMusic Scores Big with the Rolling Stones

Hi. I'm Mark S. and I'm addicted to eMusic. They did me no favors this morning, when I logged on an hour ago and found TWENTY THREE ROLLING STONES ALBUMS NEWLY ADDED TO THE SITE. I don't know how they sneaked this one by me, but I'm headed over to buy some super downloads booster packages.

The first one I've downloaded is More Hot Rocks, a sentimental favorite. As a young kid -- seven, eight, nine -- I'd been buying Beatles albums at every chance. Actually, asking for them as presents is more accurate. I remember going one day to the Value House department store with my Dad. He bugged me to try something different for a change, and suggested that the Rolling Stones were very popular. I flipped through the bin and picked More Hot Rocks at random. For the following several years, it's all I knew of the Rolling Stones...their weirder b-sides, minor hits, oddball psychedelia.

All Men Are Liars

Current Shore Fire client Nick Lowe has a few things to say about the latest addition to our roster. Listen closely at the 35 second mark:

Shore Fire's Newest Client

Over the years there have been a lot of projects I've been ecstatic to work on. But I don't think anything so far has the potential to top this: