Well hello my professional listeners. Welcome back to Stay Tuned, where we audio freaks and geeks nerd out over our music discoveries and the tales attached. Before I get into today’s discovery story, I want to throw some new information your way.
With a little help from some special folks, I’ve officially started a WhatNot show.
If you’re unfamiliar with the platform, it’s a live auction and buy-it-now marketplace where people sell just about everything under the sun. Stay Tuned is now over there as StayTunedIn, and it feels like a natural extension of the blog.
Every week I hop on live with stacks of records, CDs, tapes, and an open mind. Sometimes I’m playing music I’ve never heard before. Sometimes it’s something I love that maybe you haven’t stumbled into yet. Either way, the whole thing is built around discovery.
Think of it like a modern disc jockey setup. The old radio model was one-way: broadcast out, audience listens, end of story. This feels different. People hang in the chat, throw requests my way, react in real time, tell stories, ask questions, disagree with me respectfully (occasionally disrespectfully if they have bad taste), and every once in a while somebody hears something that hits them hard enough that they say, “Yeah… I need that one.”
And if they don’t? Beautiful. I’ll happily keep it.
Win win win win win.
I recently sold a copy of Anabella's Fever, which some of you may remember from a past blog. Pictured below. Huge thank you to BoomFam for the purchase and support. He runs BoomFam Treasures & Collectibles, where you can find everything from Matchbox cars to DVDs, Pokémon cards to vintage McDonald’s cups, and pretty much anything else you can imagine floating through the strange and beautiful ecosystem of collectibles.
More importantly, thank you BoomFam (Joshua) for introducing me to WhatNot, showing me the ropes, answering my never-ending questions, and for your endless kindness. You are a gem.
Give both of us a follow or I’ll manifest myself as one of your ancestors and haunt your morning coffee cup.
Anyway.
I’m playing a concert this Saturday at 8pm at Grand Annex with my dear friend Lily Horrocks. Lily is a gorgeous human inside and out, a beautiful story teller and an even better friend. If you'd like to attend and watch us perform our music together, you can purchase tickets here: I'm a link, click me to buy tickets wow.
Today I had planned to put out an article I’ve been meaning to write for a long time.
If you’ve been reading along since last summer, you may remember me mentioning Mr. Jurado in my article about Hannah Frances. The funny thing is, Mr. Jurado was in my life long before I realized who Mr. Jurado actually was.
His ever-expanding discography has become one of my most listened-to catalogs over the past five years and continues to inspire my own songwriting. When I thought I discovered him for the first time in 2022, I didn’t realize I had already heard him many times back in 2011 — during a chapter of my life where confusion and distrust felt like my only reliable companions.
Unfortunately, as I was coming to the end of my work day here, I realized:
“I need more time. I want more time. This is not something I want to put out flippantly.”
This is a personally important piece I have coming for you, and I want to give it the attention and patience it deserves.
Soon, I’ll have that for you.
And when I do, grab a cup of something and a snack.
Pro Listeners... coming soon is the story of how I discovered Damien Jurado. One of my greatest modern song writing influences, and favorite artists of this decade.
If you wanna get ahead and have fun listening to some new music, here's where I found him first, or so I thought....Damien Jurado LIVE on KEXP
Stay Tuned, my friends.
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