Not to diminish the work of the Burlington but I'd hazard that some of the vibes has a lot to do with the players and their talent and use of gear. Speaking of which a couple of FMs on my IG are curious about the type of guitar you are playing. Really great show. Thanks! Oh thank you so. I've playe...

Related - During the time when Van Halen were recording the band's first album, it turns out that Eddie thought that the amp sound on the first Montrose album was exactly what he wanted his guitar amp to sound like on the album. Later on once the band was touring, they had to get a few Marshalls as...

Just chiming in to say that the Burlington's band room has gone from sounding kinda harsh and not that awesome to being a really great-sounding small club.

They put a bunch of time/effort into getting the sound right and treating the space. I was kinda shocked at the difference.

On the record you might not think much of it, but to see it live really brought the whole thing together. The use of drone/open strings in Shellac always seemed like an extension of the stuff Robert Poss was doing in Band of Susans, but once again, filtered through Steve's idiosyncratic way of play...

The settings are available--they're just locked up in his Shellac head. Maybe someday someone will open like it, like one of the pyramids, and divine the secrets. I think Steve's tone over the years was always greater than the sum of its parts, and the gear aspects of it meant less as time went on. ...

R.E.M. x10 REM is interesting for me. I was a massive fan from Chronic Town/Radio Free Europe 7" thru Reckoning. Plenty from that era has had lasting impact, but REM didn't stick and didn't really lead to anything much. I guess being into them pushed me to listen to the Byrds more intently. Pr...

David Thomas was awesome. He was one of the greatest frontmen, and he did in two of the best bands I ever saw play live. Super wide-ranging music, super flexible voice--which is saying something given how weird and formally constricted it was. Wide-ranging and unique world view. Capable of being ver...

R.E.M. x10 REM is interesting for me. I was a massive fan from Chronic Town/Radio Free Europe 7" thru Reckoning. Plenty from that era has had lasting impact, but REM didn't stick and didn't really lead to anything much. I guess being into them pushed me to listen to the Byrds more intently. Pr...

My gateways come from an earlier time. In terms of music to which I voluntarily listened: Saturday Night Fever soundtrack ABBA Blondie Journey (held up poorly) The Police (held up poorly, but good influence overall) English Beat Psychedelic Furs Fairly discrete train tracks that nevertheless tangled...

also you can't really get away from it, wherever you go, if you aren't going to live a cave I guess it depends what the "it" is, and what you're trying to relieve yourself of. Best to know your goals because relocating comes with it's share of challenges. But I dare say some things are ob...