There’s been alot of talk this past year about “MF Doom Is Dead”, about fake Dooms taking the stage, and about Doomposter. When you like an artist that wears a mask, you’ve got to be prepared for an avalanche of fiction and misdirection. My plan is to watch this video and wait him out. “Doomposter” [...]

As mayor of mixmeamolotov.com, I’m declaring that today is officially Bernstein Day! Go out and celebrate: take the day off from work and go do something you’ve never done before. Ride your bike to a neighboring state, make a movie, write a song, do some fingerpainting, learn to play backgammon. And don’t fear the haters [...]

I had a dream last night that my mom wrote me a $43,000 check. At least that’s what the note said. When I looked at the check itself, it had so much writing on it (basically it was the “memo line” on steroids - my mom had written notes about where the money came from [...]

Tomorrow is Record Store Day. I’d give you the rundown of PDX happenings and participating stores, but that recordstoredaywebsite is the worldwidewait right now. I do now that Menomena will be at the downtown Jackpot store playing foosball with you, the customers.
Record stores have been dear to my heart since I was in my teens. [...]

2007 is done, and I want to thank all of you who visited, read, downloaded and commented at mmm this year. Much appreciated.
Before I close the book on ‘07, I wanted to share with you two BBC radio sessions that kept me company off and on during the year. They are from two of [...]

Three days until Christmas. Hopefully that means you’re pretty much done with preparations, and now you are just waiting. I think I can help you with that. Say what you will about top album lists; I think top song lists are much more interesting, and much more heterogenous. I owe my impetus this year to [...]

2007 was a good year to be a fan of the man named Robyn Hitchcock. We got a documentary, we got a box set, we got a tour, and we got a glimpse into what next year should look like in terms of releases.
I’ve spent two weeks with the box set, and there are some [...]

This is it: MMM’s first podcast! Here’s proof that I can geekvangelize about artists other than Dan Bern and Robyn Hitchcock.
Contents:
Nina Nastasia & Jim White - I’ve Been Out Walking
Rachel Taylor Brown - Upright Man
Justin Power - Needles Spin
Elvis Perkins - It’s Only Me
Malcolm Middleton - A Brighter Beat (acoustic version)
Occasion:
Justin Power is playing a [...]

I’m always looking for ways to connect my two favorite songwriters: Dan Bern and Robyn Hitchcock. Somewhere amongst my rock and roll papers I have a poster that my wife brought me home from a trip to France in 2003. The poster is for a Dan Bern and the IJBC gig, but features a Robyn [...]

BERN FOLLOWS HIS MUSE
(written by and apologies to Stan Hall, altered by JBJ)
Giving people exactly what they want is not Dan Bern’s style.
The Iowa-born, New Mexico-assimilated Independent Music Award-Winner could easily, and justifiably, rest on his laurels: dozens of classic songs spread over a 20-year career, a reputation as one of the greatest and most [...]