Welcome back to Week 3 of the “hey, check out the new music” blog marathon! This week, it’s Halfway Home, the third song from Radio Nowhere’s debut EP, Days Between Stations. [audio:halfwayhome.mp3] One particularly quotable friend of mine thinks this song “sounds like Elton John on a cough syrup bender”. I’m not sure about that, […]
Month: September 2008
Here’s Catherine Wheel one more time to round out the week: [audio:catherinewheel.mp3] If you want to know a little bit about where this song came from, check this out (SB – this is for you): Catherine Wheel was written on a late, lamented Baby Taylor acoustic, which is a guitar built for the little people […]
Wednesday is story day – click to hear the music… [audio:catherinewheel.mp3] And here’s the story behind the song: In 1993, I was a cub reporter for a magazine called Guitar Player. No prizes for guessing what the mag was about. In many ways, it was a dream job – I got paid to work in […]
Here’s the song: [audio:catherinewheel.mp3] Annnnd, here are the lyrics – instant sing-along! (You’ll have to imagine the bouncing ball yourself…) Backseat driver with something to prove she was runnin some daytime night moves she said to leave the radio on rolled out for a cigarette don’t you stay too long/gonna play our song but you […]
Hey, welcome back to Radio Nowhere HQ! Today I’m letting the second song from the new EP out of the cage. Click the big play button down there to the left to hear Catherine Wheel, the “loud guitar song” from Days Between Stations. [audio:catherinewheel.mp3] Cruise around and check out the rest of the site. You […]
Excellent week, everybody – thanks for making it so much fun! What a great kickoff for the EP launch (which is what “30 Days of Nowhere” refers to, if you were wondering). Next week we’ll be doing “5 Days of Catherine Wheel” and finding out what loud Marshall amps and medieval torture devices have in […]
Click to hear the song: [audio:londoncalling.mp3] Thursday is geek day! If you want to know exactly how London Calling was gently coaxed out of my acoustic guitar to its glorious many-instrumented, multitracked, shiny pop destiny, the next nine paragraphs are for you. Like most of the rest of the songs from the Days Between Stations […]
Here’s the song: [audio:londoncalling.mp3] Annnnd, here are the lyrics – instant sing-along! (You’ll have to imagine the bouncing ball yourself…) I been waiting in the airport bar for hours I been wondering if they’re gonna make me drink all day Last call calling on a non-stop back to the heartland Calling on your getaway Every […]
Click to hear the song: [audio:londoncalling.mp3] Here’s the story behind the music: “London Calling”, like a lot of my songs, started from personal experience and then spun off into something else (I guess most creative experiences are probably a little like that). A few years ago, I went to visit a friend of mine who […]
Welcome to the secret underground lair of Radio Nowhere, a rock/pop band from Oakland, California! The band (which is fronted by singer/songwriter/guy-who-writes-the-blog Mike Baker, formerly of Slim) is releasing its debut EP, Days Between Stations, right here on this blog, starting…now! Here’s the first single, London Calling. [audio:londoncalling.mp3] Click the big play button to listen. […]