Cherry Berry b/w Yrreb Yrrehc
One of the great things about having an online distribution partner is when they take the initiative and upload catalogue tracks to YouTube in (in this case, optimistic) hopes of click-through...
View Article“Moneylenders Out!”
This is without a doubt the best political essay I’ve read in ages, polemic or not. It crystallizes the issues with sharp and hilarious lines reminiscent of Taibbi or Bai or hell, Thomas Frank. If...
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Apple Music: Why does it got to be so damn tough?
First, the search engine is awful. For example, I woke up singing Eddy Grant’s “I Don’t Wanna Dance” and thought “Gee, I’d like to hear that. And I wouldn’t mind playing Henry Electric Avenue or Give...
View ArticlePop Up Chorus sings She’s An Angel
I almost forgot about taking part in Durham’s delightfully eclectic Pop Up Chorus a few years back, gleefully conducted by my old peep (and Pop Psychology hornsmith) Seamus Kenney. I never actually...
View ArticleAn open letter to Bernie Sanders.
Dear Bernie Sanders: I love you, man. I love what you represent. I admire your directness and dissatisfaction with the status quo. I respect you for financing your campaign without...
View ArticleThe Definite Article
Played pianorgan on this sweet little King Radio song not long before my dad passed away. Not a song about grammar. Definite Article King Radio: The Definite Article Frank Padellaro: guitar and lead...
View ArticleBrike? Brick? Bryke? Bryck?
LOL after nearly three decades of hearing my name mangled every which way (my favorite being that Chicago Tower Records header card that read “David Bryck”) the bit that starts at 37:00 means an awful...
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All Wikidding aside
How, exactly, does one solicit Wikipedians to update one’s Wikipedia entry? Is there a dark web where one leaves offerings of Chocodiles and Samwell Tarly fanfic in exchange for accuracy, if not...
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Oops.
Just an awkward reminder: you are often only a degree or two of separation from the object of your opinion.
View ArticleSongwriting Questions… from a decade ago.
So I found this 2008 Word .doc on an external dump drive while hunting for a scan of an old, never-finished song. The file is dated May 17, 2008. I have no memory of which writer or publication even...
View ArticleHouse Concert
Dan Bryk – House Concert – Nov 2017 Bryk’s return to “performance” after seven years of child rearing “sabbatical.” Nearly all new songs, warts and all. Utterly unprofessional recording grabbed from...
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Twenty Years of the Royal We
It’s hard to believe. From our humble, be-tilde’d beginnings at www.passport.ca/~sinatra we embraced the world wide webs whilst they gently, lovingly ensnared us like baffled houseflies savoring their...
View ArticleSomeone Else’s Merch
I designed a pledge drive T-shirt for Pseu Braun’s essential-listening Thing With a Hook radio show a while back and looks like they have the last few left for sale on the WFMU store. Now you can...
View ArticleI live.
So here it is, nearly a year later, and I find myself not only completing but now actually demoing a batch of troublesome tunes. Songwriter musicians tend to open new album press releases with...
View Article“He’s a Bryk”
I remember the glimmer in Dave Celia’s eye before the gig years ago when he said almost conspiratorially “I hope you don’t mind, I have a song for you tonight, Bryk.” And then it showed up on his ace...
View ArticleI went all the way with a pumpkin.
Is is THAT time of year again already? Why yes, it is. Andy Shmushkin‘s perennial ode to gourderotica is NSFW, NSFK, and definitely not safe for the cucurbitophobic.
View ArticleAre the Pumpkins alright?
Pumpkins, by john southworthPumpkins by john southworth, released 11 November 1996 PumpkinsWe and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and...
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Lordy, there are tapes
As some of you probably know, I have Brontë lungs already weakened by a double-smoking-parent childhood followed a half-life of evenings spent in smoky clubs. Little known fact: I am also the...
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