Monthly Archives: December 2006
Hello Herndon, VA, and Massapequa Park, NY!
At the end of the band bio on the Thunderegg myspace page, note the new feature I’ve installed: the Obscuro-meter. If you open it up, you get this cool map with pushpins that indicate where my roughly 3-5 daily visitors … Continue reading
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Today’s meditation on obscurity
Currently reading It Came from Memphis by Robert Gordon. Awesome book about a city that I’ve become obsessed with. Quote of the day (so far): “Jim Dickinson has a saying that goes something like this: The best songs don’t get … Continue reading
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Do I have to write about Thunderegg?
I’ve been thinking about other things lately, although there is a chance that the Egg can be seen live on December 30 somewhere in Hartford. It’s Sunday gospel hour. Currently listening to Stayin’ Strong by the Bright Stars (Nashboro, 1980). … Continue reading
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Died Pretty
Sunday Gospel hour has passed and now I’ve moved on to recent acquisition Lost by Died Pretty (Beggars Banquet/RCA, 1989). This group was fucking awesome. I had Free Dirt (1986) already and Lost is just as good. It was three … Continue reading
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In the can
We have six tracks in the can, recorded and mixed by Al* Weatherhead. In January or February, Nathan and I are taking five other songs (previously recorded in Manchester, CT) down to Richmond to mix them with Al as well. … Continue reading
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