Aquarium Drunkard

For Part One, Visit: L.A. Burnout :: Part One of Three
For Part Two,Visit: L.A. Burnout :: Part Two of Three
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Running the Drunkard has put me in touch, both through email and in person, with some great folks, many of whom have been eager to share their musical best-kept-secrets, and in the case of this […]

2006 saw many interesting online developments in the world of music; my favorite of these being the launch of the Daytrotter sessions. Whether widely introducing new artists to their audience or providing a new take on existing talent, the ‘trotter is on point every time.
Like many, I too have Daytrotter to thank for my introduction […]

For Part One, Visit: L.A. Burnout :: Part One of Three ——————————————————————————————————Running the Drunkard has put me in touch, both through email and in person, with some great folks, many of whom have been eager to share their musical best-kept-secrets, and in the case of this post, their excellent themed compilations. The L.A. Burnout comp […]

As reported earlier on the Drunkard, local favorites The Brokedown switched their name to The Broken West this past Fall due to legal issues. No matter, the bands chops, their sound and the tunes themselves keep getting better. Having signed on to MERGE in late 2006 the band sees the release of their debut full-length […]

Will Oldham is starting off 2007 with the release of the Lay And Love single culled from his 2006 LP The Letting Go. If yer keeping tabs, this is the third single from the album preceded by the Cursed Sleep and Cold & Wet singles respectively. The Drag City pr push for “Lay And Love” […]

Running the Drunkard has put me in touch, both through email and in person, with some great folks, many of whom have been eager to share their musical best-kept-secrets, and in the case of this post, their excellent themed compilations. The L.A. Burnout comp was mailed to me in November from a longtime reader based […]

Welcome to Episode 20 of the podcast edition of The Aquarium Drunkard Show; airing live every Wednesday 2-4 p.m. PST at the Little Radio studios in downtown L.A. As requested, below is the tracklisting order for this week’s podcast. Today’s show marks the first episode of 2007. The beginning of the first track got cut […]

As a rule I don’t update An Aquarium Drunkard during the holidays, but the death of James Brown almost warranted that I do so. Being from Georgia and a lover of all things funky, the Godfather’s passing was truly sad news and seemed (understandably) overshadowed in the media by the death of president Gerald Ford. […]

2007…wow, that’s gonna take a bit of getting used to. Hope everyone had a good holiday season and rang in the new year with a gusto. I know we did.

One of the things the holidays provided, with all the cross country travel they entailed, was an opportunity to revisit some old favorites on the […]