Up the Downstair

Being a weeklie podcaste from Madison, Wisconsin featuring several remarkable curiosities therein occurring being a compendium of live music from divers artistes

Archive for November, 2008

Blackout Jack – What Happened Last Night

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008

When local boys Blackout Jack asked me to review their new album, I was happy to oblige. They’d gotten my name from The Treats so it was little surprise for me to see two gents from that band listed in the liner notes.
What Happened Last Night is Blackout Jack’s debut album and this is both [...]

Show #172: Genesis at the Rainbow

Monday, November 17th, 2008

I received a request recently from a listener who wanted to hear some Genesis in celebration of the release of the newest box set which covers the Peter Gabriel era excepting the band’s very first album. In particular, he wanted to hear the 20 October 1973 show. The band played two gigs that day at [...]

93.1 Goes Hip Hop

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008

Last week Marcus Johnson, a hip hop musician here in Madison left a comment at an old post of mine, “Hip Hop and Madison Racism”, that I think is worth repeating:
“well I’m a 24 year old CEO of TR Records in Madison and i have no problem with getting shows and radio play any ware [...]

Bobby Bryan Update

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008

I ran into local blues muso Bobby Bryan last week and he told me that work on his second album is progressing well. Horns have been recorded and he’ll be in Chicago soon for some harp overdubs. He sounded well-pleased with how it’s turning out. The album is tentatively entitled The Juice Ain’t Worth the [...]

Show #171: Ray Charles

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008

This past summer I caught part of the Ray Charles biopic, Ray. Although I was unable to watch the entire film at that time, I put it on my to-rent list. Here we are a few months later and I haven’t yet seen the movie. However, I’m going with some Ray Charles this week.

I am [...]

The Seventh Seal of a Seventh Seal

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008

From my buddy Arch comes these t-shirts which perfectly meld my love of metal with cinema:

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