Playin' in a Traveling Band

Playin' in a Traveling Band

Some Transmission Lines Require a Little Work
Why Music Still Needs Human hands
Jun 14 • Mr. B
The Road to Kerouac
KEXP, WKRY, and a father's signal home
Jun 10 • Mr. B
Turntable Roast Series
Don't take any of it too seriously, its all in fun.
Jun 7 • Mr. B
0:53
Zero to Whatthefuck
The Kind of Review Creem Should Be Writing.
Jun 6 • Mr. B
Wilting Magnolias
Exhaustion temporarily hijacked, I immediately took to the internet to figure out what that song was, with its dreamlike sequence opening and the…
Jun 5 • Mr. B
The Sound of Somewhere Mixtape Madness 7
The new volume is here. Ninety minutes, two sides, no repeats, every track earning its place. This one has a theme, a direction and no fixed destination…
Jun 3 • Mr. B

May 2026

Spin That Again — Tom Waits, Bone Machine (1992)
The end of one Tom Waits and the beginning of another
May 27 • Mr. B
Chill Hours: The Cold You Can't Fake
Because some bands earn the fruit and some just buy it at the store.
May 22 • Mr. B
The Suggestion of Menace
There’s a revolution underfoot in the music scene and it’s being led by women.
May 19 • Mr. B
The Wonder Simply Is
The CD is better. The vinyl is more human. These are not the same thing.
May 15 • Mr. B
Finding the Morbid Dolls
Lankum - False Lankum
May 14 • Mr. B
Spin That Again - Up From Below
In which Edward Sharpe stacks up against Buckaroo Banzai
May 6 • Mr. B
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