by Charles Norman | Jan 15, 2014 | Song of the Day
Newglads – Make Believe Hi, it’s me again. The cat. Well, the Food Guy is in another one of his moods. He fed me, then he got back in bed and spent most of the morning Googling names like Ted Piercefield and Danny Kirwan. Then he listened to Gerry...
by Charles Norman | Jan 7, 2014 | Family
Listen: Billy Pilgrim has come unstuck in time. -Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five Three hundred million years ago Rudman County lay beneath a calcium carbonate-rich sea. The waters were shallow, less than six feet deep in many places, and they moved across the shelf with...
by Charles Norman | Dec 26, 2013 | Off the Wall
As the year draws to a close, we recognize those who make Reverb Raccoon possible: you, the musicians about whom I write. Without you I would not be writing anything, which would be a great disappointment to the vast hoard of loyal Reverb Raccoon readers who flock to...
by Charles Norman | Dec 19, 2013 | Features, Guest Posts
Hi. I’m Milkshake and I’m a cat. The Food Guy was busy today so he said I could review something. I am going to review The Prettiest Shade of Blue by The Loomis Fargo Gang. I first heard this album on a cold afternoon when I was tired and the Food Guy had been talking...
by Charles Norman | Dec 11, 2013 | Features
Listen: Billy Pilgrim is unstuck in time… The Great Wilderness self-describes as “dream rock.” But the dreams they spin are populated by shrieking men, bloodied and battered men, howling wolves, rebels, storms, crashing trains, twisting bones and tearing flesh,...