by Charles Norman | Oct 1, 2020 | Music, Off the Wall
Presenting the First Annual Reverb Raccoon T-Shirt Awards I discovered Daniel Johnston in 2008 when I saw The Devil and Daniel Johnston. I loved his songs, and immediately ordered the iconic Hi, How Are You t-shirt from Daniel’s website. I wore it the following...
by Charles Norman | Sep 25, 2020 | Music, Off the Wall
Six Songs for a Better Friday Without government intervention, 90 percent of independent clubs don’t believe they can survive another six months of coronavirus shutdown. It could cause a near extinction of small music venues, said Jim DeRogatis, music critic and...
by Charles Norman | Sep 20, 2020 | Music, Song of the Day
The Beatersband – Don’t Worry Baby Worrying does not accomplish anything. Even if you worry twenty times more, it will not change the situation of the world. In fact, your anxiety will only make things worse. — Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of the...
by Charles Norman | Sep 19, 2020 | Music, Song of the Day
David Woodard – Grand Scheme of Things Every year you pull the same trick on me. You say you’re going to hold the ball while I kick it, but you never do! You always pull it away, and I land flat on my back! — Charlie Brown to Lucy Each year Charlie...
by Charles Norman | Sep 18, 2020 | Music, Song of the Day
Kasey Locke – Never Get to Heaven Last year a friend brought some tumeric roots back from Mexico, and gave us a pair. We planted them late. The leaves came up and grew a bit, then died away. I assumed that we would never see the tumeric again, and that Tumeric...
