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you tube video alert - July 8, 2010

been recording - May 4, 2010

i have been the studio with a very cool duo "little lost boys", celeste and laina. i saw them at one of my open mics and well... they have four tunes that are very cool. a cd is now available. http://www.myspace.com/534201688

 i am recording a tune with cory veltman. she wrote a tune for johnny downer. it is wonderful and moving and a real spirit raiser.

i just finished play a number of basses on the new and upcoming bottle shock cd. very cool music.

a new instrument - May 4, 2010

i have found a very cool chopped/hotrod/custom/ upright bass, a pic to follow. i picked it up april 2nd, played with jennifer faust for 5 days straight and haven't put it down except to go to the bathroom.... it's a blast and i have much to learn. i am playing it with bottle shock and will give it a try with jive samba...

miles corbin - April 21, 2010

i would like to say that my dear friend miles corbin is a courageous musical bud. it was just several months ago i got a call from him telling me he was about to under go chemo therapy for colon cancer. i was shocked. he was and continues to be so upbeat and positive. i admire his strength and fortitude in this battle. i speak with him often. he has just released a new aqua velvets cd "tiki beat", buy it today... http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/aquavelvets7   it's way cool.  we are all rooting for you, kahunabud.

            m)

aubergine wednesdays open mic - March 11, 2010

i am hosting the open mic at aubergine in sebastopol, ca come out and play, sing, dance, juggle, tell a story whatever you like to do... signups start at 7:30  8-11 pm.

   all part of open mic mania.... i am also at cafe azul in santa rosa, ca on fridays 7-10 pm

     check my calendar

playing with bottle shock - March 11, 2010

i've been practicing with bottle shock: (no it's not a new guitar playing style) 

   it's fun finger pickin, toe tappin, harmonic, melodic, home brewed gumbo stuff   http://www.myspace.com/bottleshock         bob appleby, adam watt and michael haworth.

        soon to play some gigs in sonoma county, including passport weekend friday and saturday april 23rd-24th at quivira winery. and the sebastopol apple blossom fest april 24.

open mic mania - March 9, 2010

you can call it crazy.
you can call it double your fun.
you can call it double wide entertainment.
you can call it burning the mic at both ends.
you can call it one mike on two days, wednesday and friday.
that's: two mics by one

starting wednesday, march 17th i will be hosting an open mic at aubergine in sebastopol 7 pm till around 10 pm and each following wednesday.

you may already know i am hosting an open at cafe azul on fourth st in santa rosa on friday evenings 6:30 pm -10 pm.

   choices, you have choices. so i hope to see you all in tune and in voice. :)

jennifer faust bay area tour - March 9, 2010

april 5-9 i will be playing bass with jennifer faust in venues in san francisco, marin and sonoma counties... check the calendar for dates times and venues...

fridays are back... - February 4, 2010

fridays are back.
i am going to be hosting an open mic at cafe azul 521 4th st in santa rosa, ca starting friday feb 19th 6:30 pm-10 pm with a featured band 10:15 pm-11:15 pm. the cafe is open untill midnight with food, coffee's and beer and wine. a pa system is provided. let me know if you are interested and please tell your friends.

the new year 2010 - January 14, 2010

well, as a few of you know, the ace in the hole cider pub closed in dec. 2009. my gig as host of the friday open mic has come to an end at least for the time being. rumors abound of a new and refreshing venue. 

   i am currently working on several recording projects. i say recording projects as i am not quite sure where, when and how they all may be presented to you, as: cd's, vinyl, digital downloads, mp3's or home burn't cd-r's. the music biz is in such upheaval and revolution, no one knows. "record" stores closing everyday and these stores hadn't sold a mass produced major label "record" in decades. we still can't get this image or the nomenclature of an audio recording out of our heads. where have all the flowers gone?

    i am just enjoying the process of recording and producing and creating audio. 

              happy new year and stay in touch.   thanks

those darned accordions reunion - October 27, 2009

those darned accordions are having a reunion show at cafe du nord in sf nov 6, 8pm

coveralls: a new cd of cover tunes - October 13, 2009

i am just about finished with a new cd of mine entitled coveralls. i have had several friends help me on this one. it will probably be available as digital downloads when ready. no date for release as yet.  one tune has been up on my myspace site for several months. 

 

rule 5: new kids on the block - October 13, 2009

there is a new band in sonoma county they are rule 5

        seven enthusiastic musicians with a two tone influence. playing original ska tunes of their own crafting. check them out here:

                http://www.myspace.com/skarule5

come out to see them on thursday dec 3rd at the ace in the hole cider pub in sebastopol 6-9:30.

studio is back - July 24, 2009

some of you may have heard that my trusty G5 mac computer of six years service took a dive a few weeks ago. well, in fact it did, but now there's a new computer (new/used) on the block and it's back up and running.
so look forward to many new music projects, as all data was saved and new tunes are soon to be coming your way...
i'm getting some sleep now.

crazy famous - May 24, 2009

crazy famous cd is out. this rockin' band from healdsburg ca. is set to tour the northwest. check them out.
www.myspace.com/crazyfamousmusic

jennifer faust - March 7, 2009

there's a new girl in town.
www.myspace.com/jenniferfaust we are playing some wonderful music. stay tuned.

accordion babes calendar - December 27, 2008

if santa or whoever didn't get you a calendar or you got a martha stewart lives calendar, you need this one.
http://www.smythesaccordioncenter.com/accordion_calendar.html

crazy famous - October 6, 2008

i am presently recording a project for crazy famous, healdsburg's own.
brandon, kc and john
sound samples coming soon.

amber lee and the anomalies - March 30, 2008

just finished production on a cd by amber lee and the anomalies. release date: may 10, 2008. check out her myspace site:http://www.myspace.com/amberleebaker

last saturday in march - February 13, 2008

peter kaukonen, tim gahagan and i will be playing at the palette cafe in healdsburg ca on march 29th 2008.

marvin gardens dvd - February 11, 2008

a marvin gardens photo slide show/audio (5 songs) dvd is available.

found on ebay - January 27, 2008

sos review - December 1, 2007

Michael Lindner Cocktail Napkin
There’s something uncanny, in the Freudian sense, about Michael Lindner’s album. All of the elements that go to make up his music are conventional to the point of being retro. There’s nothing particularly radical about his playing techniques, he rarely uses obvious effects or processing, he doesn’t experiment with feedback or noise. And yet Cocktail Napkin is deeply, profoundly weird. It’s the aural equivalent of a David Lynch movie.
The strangeness is particularly apparent on the four covers here. Lindner has tracked down some of the creepiest songs of the ’50s and ’60s, most notably Jody Reynolds’ ‘Endless Sleep’, and arranged them with a brutal minimalism that makes the Flying Lizards sound like ELO. Together, his one-note bass lines, distant vocals, surf guitar washes and unprovoked war on hi-hats add up to something that verges on the disturbing. Sam Inglis Sound on Sound magazine dec 2007
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/dec07/articles/playback_1207.htm www.alleyonemusic.com

xmas mp3's - November 27, 2007

a group of christmas tunes i recorded over 20 years ago with a tascam 4 track cassette recorder, a korg 01wfd keyboard, a casio cz101 keyboard, a yamaha rx21 drum machine, electric guitar and a fender bass are up for your consideration and listening pleasure. check them out. ho ho ho

sos mag review - November 27, 2007

Michael Lindner Cocktail Napkin
There’s something uncanny, in the Freudian sense, about Michael Lindner’s album. All of the elements that go to make up his music are conventional to the point of being retro. There’s nothing particularly radical about his playing techniques, he rarely uses obvious effects or processing, he doesn’t experiment with feedback or noise. And yet Cocktail Napkin is deeply, profoundly weird. It’s the aural equivalent of a David Lynch movie.
The strangeness is particularly apparent on the four covers here. Lindner has tracked down some of the creepiest songs of the ’50s and ’60s, most notably Jody Reynolds’ ‘Endless Sleep’, and arranged them with a brutal minimalism that makes the Flying Lizards (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHs-6xnMEdE) sound like ELO. Together, his one-note bass lines, distant vocals, surf guitar washes and unprovoked war on hi-hats add up to something that verges on the disturbing.
Sam Inglis Sound on Sound magazine dec 2007
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/dec07/articles/playback_1207.htm www.alleyonemusic.com
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