Favorite Live Videos #5
On this day six years ago (May 3, 2014) I went to the Chameleon Club here in Lancaster on a tip from an old college pal to see a show he had seen the night before in Pittsburgh. The headliner was the Baltimore based indie duo, Wye Oak, and the opening act was a trio...
JL: Tape Debacle
Visit this post to learn about the JL archive blog post series. The first step for me to work toward the Jesters Longevity archive and compilation record was to find as many of the masters that I could, and analyze the effort to remix that tracks we decide to...
JL: The Archive
Between 1998 to 2005, Dave Bellard and I recorded and released four albums under the name Jesters Longevity. Since we haven’t lived in the same state since college in the early 90s, the music was the result of periodic intense weekends filled with creative...
Favorite Live Videos #4
My early relationship with Peter Gabriel's music was documented in this blog post. In that post, I describe how his 2002 album Up converted me from a very respectful fan, to a "holy shit, I need to explore this guy's whole catalog" fan. Two nights of the "Growing Up"...
Favorite Live Videos #3
This is a bit of a bonus video because my goal with this series had been to share single song videos. I simply couldn't share just one piece of this performance. And since we're all (and I mean all) heading full speed into coronavirus quarantine, why not watch a...
Cocteau in Springtime
The Cocteau Twins are a spring band for me. It's funny how certain bands and sounds remind people of certain times of the year. Unless the music is made specifically for a season (i.e. Christmas music), the music and season relationship is often to a person. My...