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Frank Gutch Jr: David Bullock: The Price of Obscurity and the Struggle For Balance; Plus Notes

Posted in Opinion, Review with tags American West, bill jackson, Circumstantial Evidence, David Bullock, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Frank Gutch Jr., Frank Secich, Hardin Burns, In the Waking World, Indie Artists, Indie Music, Jeff Ellis, jim colegrove, Keith Morris, Laura Oden, Little Whisper & The Rumors, Matthew Zeltzer, Merrell Fankhauser, Michael Harrison, music, music videos, Nobby Clegg, OK GO, radio, Research Turtles, Ric Todd, Space Opera, Stephen Bruton, susan james, The Big Motif, The Bluebonnets, The Crooked Numbers, The Lonely Wild on November 10, 2015 by segarini

The first thing David Bullock said to me when I asked about his new EP, In the Waking World, was, and this is paraphrased, “How do I write my bio without emphasizing Space Opera?” I wanted to say hell if I know but the more I thought about it the easier it seemed. Only because I probably know more about that band than maybe a dozen people out there (beyond the crazies who go out of their ways to find out what a musician has for breakfast).

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Frank Gutch Jr: These Are People Who Died, Died….

Posted in Opinion with tags Bugs Henderson, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Enrico Rosenbaum, Filligar, Frank Gutch Jr., Freedom Hawk, Goblin Market, Gypsy, Jesse Dee & Jacquie B, Randy Cates, Sage Run, Sarah White & the Pearls, The Big Motif, The Cellar, Ticktockman, WarHen Records on March 14, 2012 by segarini

With apologies to Jim Carroll, of course. Had I used his actual lyrics, it would be “Those”, and until today I have to confess I had no idea what the song was about. I bobbed my head and listened to the beat more than the lyrics the many times I heard the song and I now wonder why because I am a day closer to that day, every day, and am just now seeing death for the loss it really is.