PopTodd

John is a friend of mine. We went to middle school together. Lost touch, and then I heard his music, fell in love with it, and we got back in touch. Wound up recording my own music with him many times.

Gene & Judes - no ketchup anywhere in the building. You want some... you gotta go next door to McD's and pay 0.50 a packet.

Working on securing another guest who is a founding member of a band that was formative for me. He's willing to do it. It's just a matter of finding a date that will work. Crazy excited.

I already did one of these a long time ago. I didn't follow the rules because it was a long time ago. But here it is...

Love your Gram choice. Probably on my list, too.

Me too! It was a thrill to have him on. He joined us from his living room. Sadly, I had a family obligation that forced me to leave the recording a little bit early. But it was cool to meet Brinsley. The dude has seen a lot.

I started a podcast with a few fellow music geek friends that I met online. It's called Campfire Songs and it's a lot of fun (at least for us). We get together once a month, each of us brings in 2 songs to share, and we listen to everyone's songs and chat about them and other music and anything else. Mostly music. Here's the link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1460920 We have had the occasional guest, including Tim Lee (The Windbreakers), Brinsley Schwarz (Brinsley Schwarz, The Rumour), Mike Hall (journalist and solo musician), and a few others... If you listen, let m

It's had its ups and downs. Like all of us. 2023 has been a bitch, but we're getting through it. Happy just to be here. Hope yer doing well!

Picked this up at Dusty Groove a couple of months ago and still haven't given it enough listens. It's cool, tho.

Thanks! Not sure how active I'll be, but I might swing by periodically...

Been a while. How you all doing?

During the summer that I was 18, I was working with the Teamsters, mostly at McCormick Place. But occasionally I loaded and unloaded trucks at Ravinia Festival, too. This was the case when the Pat Metheny Group came to town that year. It was hot and muggy and I was exhausted and parched from hauling and loading gear (without any mechanical aid). But, during break time, I got a chance to meet the band. I had a chance to talk to Pat and Lyle. When I shook Lyle's hand, I remember his fingers wrapping around mine, almost cartoonishly long.Incredibly nice and appreciative of the work I was doing on

A collection from a pre-revolution Iranian psychedelic artist. I was gifted a single of his from a record store owner and really dug it. Had to do a little research to find out who it was, as the only writing on the 7" was Farsi. But, thank you internet, I found out. And I also found out that this collection existed. Now I'm giving it a first full spin. https://open.spotify.com/album/03Ewp6nI2gEGIwPzIWDlj4

Let me go a couple of weeks ago. Company set me up with a career coach, with whom I just had my first meeting (via phone). That should help. I've also had 2 interviews in those couple;e of weeks and 2 rejections. But at least I got the interviews. And that was before the job coach. I'm hopeful.