friends, Romans, countrymen--
| Creston Lea -Wild Punch | |
| crestonlea.com | better read than dead |
| Musicians / Bands | |
| The Pretenders | It seems everybody's a Pretender these days |
| Steve McCormick | mics, guitars, amps, Steve, studio... |
| State Radio | Afri-Can Boyd |
| Jefferson Pitcher | Presidential bearing |
| The Evens | Get even |
| Sugar Mountain | 5panish Fandango |
| TV On The Radio | You look so good, I wanna put you on a plate and slop you up with a biscuit. |
| The Mammals | Hot Buttered Nuts |
| Konrad Meissner | Konrad plays drums |
| Zack Hickman | don't give a damn 'bout my ill reputation |
| Tony Gilkyson | Good[bye] Guitar |
| Tom Heyman VIDEO | Tom Heyman and his silver guitar at San Francisco's Make Out Room. |
| Tim Bluhm | skinny singer |
| The Mother Hips | Tim Bluhm + |
| Eric Heywood | Weekend in LA |
| Johnny Cunningham | Uncle Johnny's memorial site |
| The Court And Spark | Sugarpine Bed |
| Tom Heyman | book smart |
| Bottle Rockets | Something secret / stupid / exciting is always afoot in the Creston Electric lab for Brian Henneman. |
| Jim Roll | orange you glad I didn't say banana? |
| Jay Farrar | Mellow down easy when you really wanna blow your top. |
| Chuck Prophet | Goodbye, porkpie hat / go to blazers. |
| Lowell Thompson | Lowell Thompson, Inca emporer |
| Heloise | Heloise, featuring James Bellizia and his lovely Creston Electric guitar. Unstoppable. |
| The Flamin' Groovies VIDEO | Roll Over Beethoven, 1972. Toothsome. |
| Chris Lentz VIDEO | ding dong the mission bells. |
| The Submarines | subs are sneaky |
| The Faces VIDEO | TV clip of The Faces playing "Stay With Me" in 1971 |
| Jess Ivry | Oakland, CA's cello darling. Formerly of Bauhaus AND Journey. |
| TENDER KREASE | Increase the Krease! He designed the CEI logo and smoked the competition |
| starline rhythm boys | Hatch Show Princes |
| Steve Hadeka | Neil Diamond fan, always early. |
| Adam Snyder | more Kingston than Tom Dooley |
| Russ Lawton | Russ Lawton is the best drummer. |
| Sir Douglas Quintet VIDEO! | I just came across this ancient video for one of the best songs of all time. |
| Missy Bly | Mrs. Bly |
| Jimmy Ryan | lefty loosey |
| Mark Spencer | The perfect ratio of Jesco to Elvis. |
| Neil Cleary | Human Jukebox |
| Ryan Power | Beautiful music recorded in a 10'x10' seafood kitchen |
| The Cush | pastoral psyche from Texas / Vermont. Gabby makes good use of her butterscotch blonde guitar. |
| The Figgs | the best band I've ever seen every time I've ever seen them (like a million) |
| Anders Parker | a beard like Rio Grande Mud-era Dusty Hill |
| The Jazz Guys | they enjoy white (mayonaisse, Tolex). 1/2 Dutch is Dutch enough for me. |
| Buck Owens | my favorite restauranteur / Playgirl model. I'm still seeking a few Don Rich-era Buckaroos records, so help me out. UPDATE: he's dead now. RIP, Buck Owens. |
| Swale | odds are, they're playing right now |
| James Kochalka Superstar | Ryko's secret weapon. So secret, they may forget to ever use it. |
| Instruments | |
| Missing Washer | .50" i.d. washers for your Carling and Switchcraft switches. Amazing. |
| ThunderTomate | Boosts of Spanish Pleasure. ĦI'm a usuario! |
| El Infiernito Guitar Shop | I never been to Spain, but I kinda like the music stores |
| Deaf Eddie | without Deaf Eddie as a wiring advisor, I'd be stuck making acoustic guitars. dig his switches. |
| Fat Tone Guitars | Phil Vickman's Fat Tone Guitars in Chicago. |
| Lollar pickups and guitars | I use these |
| TV Jones | I use these, too |
| Killer Vintage | Killer Vintage - St Louis, MO to the world |
| Paul Languedoc | I ask him questions. |
| Campanella Strings | Joe Cleary's beautiful mandolins and violins. He lives in Burlington and is very patient with my questions about varnish and frets. |
| Bill Bonanzinga | Get in line. |
| Studio Slips | Susan Bendinelli makes the best soft cases for cabs, amps, pedalboards, etc. Plus, she's lapsteel friendly. She does great, tight-fitting custom work, too. |
| Labels / Radio / Venues / Studios | |
| Valentines | I like to play at a place called Valentines in Albany, NY |
| WRUV | a good place to hear too much reggae, too much hip-hop, and - every Monday evening - bands live in the studio |
| Hello Pretty City | Laura Glazer's hit parade - a nice woman with a nice ear |
| Radio Bean | it's a good thing Radio Bean is there |
| Tarquin Studios | you wish you could record there |
| Strangeways | named after a smiths record named after a prison? I am pro-Daryl. |
| Scojac Music | advanced |
| Exposure | Jeremy and Dan and their powered monitors. |
| WFMU | even though some of my favorite DJs are gone now, I'm sure there's a good reason to link to WFMU |
| Icebox Records | tiny records, big ideas |
| Rykodisc | they dropped us |
| North of January | Any friend of Colin Clary & The Magogs is a friend of mine |
| Trailer Records | while you were trying to prove how awesome you were, David Zollo was running a powerul independent record label. |
| Art | |
| James Bellizia | Little monster |
| Scott Lenhardt | Rupert whittler. |
| Adam Ogilvie | Adam and I once got struck by the same lightning bolt - for real. |
| Karin Schaefer | big sister |
| Paige Russell | Canadarling |
| Jenny Belin | tres animal |
| plaid voyeurism project | On the trail of the buffalo |
| Devonie Baker | Dev's camera is my honky tonk hero |
| Champlain Metals | coal forged Bigsby handles, et al |
| DH Phillips | Notes and photographs on the subject of [his own] cabinet and furniture making. He's no joke with a paintbrush, neither. |
| Timothy Waite furniture & design | A very nice fellow whose bandsaw has 13-1/4" of resaw capacity. |
| Kelly Rae Cunningham | Hey, Kelly Rae |
| Evan Dempsey Photography | shutter speed |
| Mark Allen | man CAN live on Piels alone |
| Liz Leggett | I dig Liz. Put a tiger in / on your tank. |
| Taxter & Spengemann | Emeritus drummer flogs fine art in Chelsea. Always worth a look. |
| Sarah Ryan | beautiful |
| American Elf | good in daily doses, curative with longterm exposure |
| Plantimals | these, I like |
| Doug Schatz | he will beat you at basketball |
| Abby Manock | wheat free, fast-paced |
| Machine Project | Mark Allen will bury you alive and then exhume you in time for a soldering lesson |
| Movies | |
| The Pants: High Water Mark | Bill Simmons's rockdoc about The Pants. |
| Bright Eye Pictures | My old pal Jim Haverkamp's documenatry machine. |
| Dreamlike Pictures | Art Bell is a nice fellow. Listen for The Cush, The Smittens, and Jason Cooley in his films. |
| Cicala Filmworks | I look like the creepy guy in C-O-N-F-E-S-S, but it's actually my brother |
| Nice Bombs | what Iraq is like. |
| How's Your News? | my cousin's movie about baseball shirts |
| Stamen Media | Magic Bullet! I'd trust Pistol with my life, to say nothing of your crappy movie. |
| Planned Parenthood of Northern New England | |
| Planned Parenthood of Northern New England | PPNNE sees 61,500 patients a year, subsidizes over $10 million in services for people who can't afford the price of healthcare, and fights for your rights at the Supreme Court. Who else does that? You should give them some help. |
| Turtle Point Press | something's coming |
| ABBYABBY | FABRICFABRIC |
| Lunch Encounter | Lisa Cherkasky eats some sandwiches |
| Matthew Thorsen | that guy from outta space |
| Dartmouth Dante Project | Get R Dante |
| Vermont Road Conditions | Currently, my favorite website |
| Neil Giordano | The photography of Neil Giordano, the best-hearted literary editor I ever met. |
| The Dublin Review | Brendan Barrington's excellent literary magazine. |
| Zoe Ink | beautiful letterpress and silkscreen stationary made by my friend Zoe |
| Sydney Lea | you could learn a lot from him. I sure have. |
| quemadura | the little door slides back and reveals my pal |
| Backcountry | apparently this magazine is published in VT. My friend Jeff Burke writes for them. He kicked me out of his band once for being too 'metal.' Thanks, douchebag. |
| Sesshu Foster's 'Aztex' | Sesshu is a bad-ass nice guy. |
| Seven Days | Burlington's New York Press. |
| Open City | Open City published the shortest story I ever wrote. Check issue 12. |