Michael Azerrad on Vince Guaraldi
The author of the seminal Our Band Could Be Your Life, and the recent bio of Bob Mould weighed in a few years ago on this holiday classic. few people write this well about music.
Christmas Coyote
It’s true! The Christmas Coyote is real! He came to our backyard this morning! It’s a Christmas Miracle! First I will write a song about him, then a children’s book, and then Stephen Spielberg will make a movie based on the book. I will be rich
Takes the Shine Right off Your Shoes
…right off your shoes. Happy holidays, ladies, gentleman.
Tanya Donelly and I Sing Tom Waits
Listen to this. Here is one of my favorite singers — one of my favorite people — singing one of my favorite songs. Tanya Donelly sings Tom Waits. Here you have an offering from one of America’s all-time great songwriters from one of his many artistic peaks, the 1999 Mule Variations LP. I am a huge Waits fan. Stones, …
Guns of Brixton
There’s a new Jimmy Cliff record coming out, the first in seven years. This is good news. But the cover of the Clash’s song “Guns of Brixton” is sort of a letdown. This remains the best cover of the classic:
Man in a Shed
I enjoyed this, from the Times, regarding sheds men use for getaways. Man Sheds.
Boston Magazine Piece on BT25
Buffalo Tom Sheehan’s 1986. Photo by Richard Bonanno From my latest post for Boston Magazine: This Thanksgiving weekend my band, Buffalo Tom, will be playing three shows at the Brighton Music Hall (the erstwhile Harper’s Ferry) to commemorate 25 years of existence. We formed in Northampton in 1986 while students at UMass Amherst. Here is …
Matt, Joe, Medfield, Northampton, Buffalo Tom
Buddy, Matt Brennan writes about our late friend Joe and associated stories at this blog, showcasing Joe’s great photography. The latest post touches on the formation of Buff Tom. For the record, the near drowning/attempted murder occurred in Northampton circa 1988.
My Reflections on BT25 for the Boston Phoenix
I recall one night in the late ’80s, standing in the crowd at T.T. the Bear’s during one of the many Volcano Suns shows I had witnessed over my then-relatively-short club-going career — the commencement of nearly 30 years I’ll never get back as a lounge lizard in rock clubs, bars, and pubs. Buffalo Tom …