You Gotta Hear This: Ginger
I discovered the Canadian band known as Ginger in a very circuitous route. I went to see Guadalcanal Diary at The Bacchanal in Kearny Mesa, California, off Clairemont Mesa Boulevard. The opening band, The Grapes…
Category: Music
You Gotta Hear This: The Divine Comedy
It was 1996, in Paris covering the Bercy Supercross races for Motocross Journal and Motocross Action Magazine. Had a free afternoon so I headed down to the Virgin Music Store (remember them?). The store’s main…
Rare Icelandic Recording Added To Album Cover Museum
The Jimmy Mac Motorcycle Album Cover Museum recently acquired Sniglabandið’s ultra-rare, 1986 EP (extended play) “Fjöllin falla í hauga…” for its collection. The distinctive black-and-white cover featuring a vintage person wearing a star-patterned motorcycle helmet…
“The Hard Ride” And “Ride On!” Favor Raked-Fork Chopper
The ever-expanding Jimmy Mac Motorcycle Album Cover Museum is always on the lookout for similarities in different album covers. The Flying Snoopy and mystery blond model come to mind. This week, we added another. We…
You Gotta Hear This: Jackson Emmer
Hearing Jackson Emmer for the first time required a bit of good luck (and blind faith). The Ojai Underground is a music venue for people who love music. It is an intimate setting where the…
You Gotta Hear This: Peter Holsapple
Peter still cares. You can hear it on The Face of 68. It would have been so easy for him to gather a bunch of cronies and simply rehash the last 40 years of the…
You Gotta Hear This: Robyn Hitchcock
You don’t expect to be impressed or surprised by an artist who has been releasing albums since 1981 and you certainly don’t expect to be moved by said artist’s 25th album release. I mean, what…
“You Gotta Hear This” Music Recommendations
Record reviews have never made sense to me. Music is art. How it enters the ears and is absorbed by the senses is an individual experience. My absolute favorite dB’s album, The Sound of Music,…
Paul Thorn Knocks Out Ventura Music Hall Audience
It is impossible to take a seat at a Paul Thorn concert without the fan seated next to you asking, “Did you know before he was a singer this guy was a professional boxer with…
Falling In Love To Nick Lowe
We were so bummed to receive an email from the Fremont Theater explaining the Nick Lowe concert was moved to the SLO Brew Rock venue. The Fremont is an old, assigned-seating venue in San Luis…