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Metal Face: Dr. Jacuzzi Suit, In 3D and Beyond
Hear no evil, speak no evil, see no evil, and Caleb. A brief note: I understand how it may seem at this point: You’re probably wondering why I’m devoting so many posts to Metal Face. My answers:...
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Metal Face: Dox 2005 and Justice Lake on Lemons
The years following the loss of Metal Face I were a Golden Age for the collective of young Billings musicians affiliated with the band. Although MF I never saw the light of day, we used the momentum...
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Metal Face: The Beginning
Just a typical Sunday afternoon for Metal Face. (Photo by Kenneth Jarecke) I’ve been involved in a number of musical projects over the years, but the one group that’s stood the test of time, and...
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Newsfeed Anxiety: Origins
The band as it was October 2010. We’ve all felt them: the pang from unwelcome updates; the wince from vicarious embarrassment; the twinge from T.M.I.; the #humblebrag-induced bile rise. There’s no way...
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Newsfeed Anxiety: Not Practicing, Solo Acoustic Performances, Home Demos and...
Not Newsfeed Anxiety, but close enough. Promo photos for the Trans-Billingsian Orchestra show. The formation stages of Newsfeed Anxiety were, like the band’s conception, long and slow in coming....
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Newsfeed Anxiety: First Shows, (the album), and the Importance of Recording...
Cover art for (the album). Those were the best darn sunglasses I ever had. (Photo by the Montana Kaimin.) The new decade marked the beginning of another golden age for our collective of Billings...
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Newsfeed Anxiety: Breakthrough, The Holiday Extravaganzer, and The Compromise
The band, all bundled up from the cold, playing at the “Wolf Den.” (Photo: Maegan Simmons.) More than a year into our existence, Newsfeed Anxiety only had (approximately) 1.25 shows and an incomplete...
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Newsfeed Anxiety: How Missoula Was Won … And Lost
The horizontally oriented album art for our live compilation. This photo taken by good fan Zachary Quiroz during our “A Night to Remembert” performance. It might not seem like much, but those five...
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Silver Gate, Mont., on 7/20/12: A Look Back at the Night That Was
Me and Alex during the jam sesh. According to the 2010 census, the combined population of Cooke City and Silver Gate is 95, which isn’t all to surprising: both seem more like collectives of...
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Newsfeed Anxiety: The Compromise
Any guesses as to the album cover’s background image? The Compromise began as a series of bedroom demos recording in fall 2009. As mentioned before, I was still new to songwriting and supplying an...
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Andrea Desmond and the White Lights: Milk and Rain EP — A Look Inside
Us being us (minus Tall Steve), as pictured on the back sleeve of Milk and Rain. (Photo by Erica Russell.) It is here. On this blog. Finally. Right now. Period. Milk and Rain, the debut EP for...
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Five Songs to Play on St. Patrick’s Day
What more can I say? (Photo courtesy of the Clintons.) As Guinness clocks near zeroes in bars across the country, it’s time to start thinking about the 4th Century saint whose feast day calls for mass...
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Wanna listen to an excellent band with a storied legacy? Look no further than...
All questions, great and significant, are answered by this band. (Photo courtesy of Flickr.) Oh, hello there. I didn’t see you come in there. Welcome. Please, enter. I know it’s been a long time. A...
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Mariko Ruhle’s The Wonder Years: A Look Inside
No Fred Savages were harmed in the making of this record. During the cold, steel-gray bleakness of mid-February Seattle, Atticus Wyman, Jeremy Bang, and Mariko Rose Ruhle invited local and visiting...
View ArticleRoger Waters The Wall Live in Seattle: A Look Back (Part 1)
On Thursday, May 24, the Key Arena in Seattle played host to one of rock and roll’s greatest achievements: Roger Waters’ The Wall Live. Waters, former bassist, co-lead singer and main visionary behind...
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Newsfeed Anxiety’s The Disconnect: A Look Inside and the History of (Part I)
Photo courtesy of Charlie Ray. Album design by yours truly. The world has never been more connected than it is today. Such is the topic of many a tech trend story, citing social networking sites,...
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Newsfeed Anxiety’s The Disconnect: A Look Inside and the History of (Part II)
(Continued from the previous post) Disassociation Having written the songs anywhere between two to five years prior to the album’s release, there’s bound to be a disconnect between who I was then and...
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“(Eo) + Zibo I.13” — A Love Story for the Ages
A Romeo for the 200th Century. And no, I didn’t draw this as a child, but as a 23 year old. In the interest of preventing this blog from collecting too much dust in my post-Newsfeed-Anxiety life, here...
View ArticleAndrea Desmond’s “Teal Water” — Making the Video
(A brief note from the future: We were actually very unsatisfied with the final result, so much so that Andrea had it taken down from Vimeo and expunged from the Internet, like it never happened. I’m...
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A Cornucopia of Music Happenings: Thanksgiving Edition, 2014
Ms. Thanksgiving herself. I’ll admit it: I’ve been off the radar for some time now. It wasn’t anybody’s fault–including my own–so this post will not be about dishing out the blame. Rather, this post...
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