This week’s episode features former Dallas Observer music editor Zac Crain. Famous for his sack of kittens and that song by the guy in The Nixons, he stops in for what turned out to be a long discussion of several bands and the state of music in Dallas. So long, in fact, that we’ve been able to split the conversation into two shows, the second of which will air in two weeks.
In this week, however, we listen to and discuss:
Hope you enjoy it.
A small note: it’s August. In Texas. It’s really hot. We had the air-conditioner on full-blast during this interview and you can definitely hear it. I tried all sorts of sophisticated digital audio tricks to reduce the noise, but I was not wholly successful. Please excuse the sound quality: it’s a bit uneven from voice to voice.
But you’re not here for pristine digital audio quality, right? You want rock and maybe even some roll – and you want Zac Crain to tell you the difference between the two.
Tearing it down,
Lindsay
August 24th, 2005 at 12:04 pm
Have enjoyed all your webcast I’ve managed to listen to so far. Keep up the good work.
I tend to agree w/ many of your appraisals of the various artist you’ve played so far including Strangeboys (great raw honest sound), Slick 57 (new poppier cd sounds nothing like you’d expect), Pilotdrift (also appeals to my pink floyd side of many years gone by) and even 41 Gorgeous Blocks (way too late for the pop punk trend which has since disintegrated to a load of heavy metal horseshit that even metalheads don’t like). It’s also refreshing for others to understand that Europe gets what we do not, the beauty of pure American Rock & Roll.
To not over indulge us w/ Observer / former Observer folks, may I suggest future guests to include Teresa Gubbins, Hunter Hauk, Chris Ryan, cheerleader Cindy Chaffin or granddaddy of them all George Gimarc?
best of luck / I’ll stay tuned in,
Frank Campagna
August 24th, 2005 at 12:16 pm
We’re on it, Frank: next guest is Josh Venable. And many of your suggestions are in the works. Thanks for listening.
August 24th, 2005 at 4:03 pm
Another terrific podcast guys!
Funny - the older I get the less I want to hear ANY one whole CD by one band non-stop. I much prefer something really creative and interesting like something by Pilotdrift followed by a breezy pop-punk-thingy by 41 Georgous Blocks, followed by the overall coolness of a Glen Reynolds, etc.. etc… Of course it all depends on mood, doesn’t it?
I guess what I’m trying to say is evaluating Pilotdrift on the basis of a night of listening to them for an hour straight on a CD is probably not completely fair to them. That’s a tough listen. But they sure do sound good and talented nestled between a couple of simpler things on the old playlist.
Keep up the great stuff and I’ll continue to recomend your podcast! I’m really lovin’ it.
August 25th, 2005 at 6:47 pm
Robert is a FAN of ME! Woo hoo!
August 29th, 2005 at 2:00 pm
Pilotdrift is brilliant…ya’ll need to listen to the entire album (first one and the upcoming) and see them live…they are amazing! At least in my opinion.
They recorded the whole first album in their living room.
Did I mention my love for Pilotdrift?
Great show guys!
September 7th, 2005 at 5:48 pm
You popped my pod cast cherry and now I am hooked. Too bad I am in New Mexico.