I'm pretty enthused by this since Mike was the lead singer to one of my absolute all-time favorite rock[1] bands Soul Coughing. His solo work is quite good also. I was fortunate enough to meet him on several occasions when I ran my indie music 'zine Oculus. Even took him to dinner with Cibo Matto so he could interview them. (I should post that interview one day.) He's an interesting character to say the least and an overall nice guy. If his musical career were to flounder (it won't) he'd make an excellent stand-up comic.
Bonus – it's even running on (an outdated version of) MT.
Now if only David Gedge (The Wedding Present), Frank Black or Kim Deal (Pixies) or Morrissey (The Smiths) also started weblogs my life would be complete. I'm not holding my breath though. I may drop dead if Morrissey got one. I'd suppose he'd think they are boring and tired or make him miserable because of the loss of human contact. He wouldn't be Morrissey if he didn't would he? I suppose there is an outside chance of all of them happening one day. If I had to pick one though I'd go for Gedge. (Just a gut feeling.)
Rounding out my all-time five, Lizard McGee of Earwig does kind of keep a weblog of sorts, Mostly band and show news. Got to speak to Lizard about that. Having gotten to know Lizard, I'm certain he'd be an excellent blogger.
[1] Rock
hardly seems the right term for Soul Coughing, but that is the closest broad category in my head. Trying to explain them would take to long and I wouldn't do them enough justice.
<p><a href="http://www.mikedoughty.com/blog/">Mike Doughty has a weblog.</a></p>
<p>I'm pretty enthused by this since Mike was the lead singer to one of my absolute all-time favorite rock[1] bands <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search?tag=tima02-20&keyword=Soul%20Coughing&mode=music">Soul Coughing</a>. His solo work is quite good also. I was fortunate enough to meet him on several occasions when I ran my indie music 'zine Oculus. Even took him to dinner with <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search?tag=tima02-20&keyword=Cibo%20Matto&mode=music">Cibo Matto</a> so he could interview them. (I should post that interview one day.) He's an interesting character to say the least and an overall nice guy. If his musical career were to flounder (it won't) he'd make an excellent stand-up comic.</p>
<p>Bonus – it's even running on (an outdated version of) <a href="http://www.movabletype.org/">MT</a>.</p>
<p>Now if only David Gedge (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search?tag=tima02-20&keyword=Wedding%20Present&mode=music">The Wedding Present</a>), <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search?tag=tima02-20&keyword=Frank%20Black&mode=music">Frank Black</a> or Kim Deal (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search?tag=tima02-20&keyword=Pixies&mode=music">Pixies</a>) or <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search?tag=tima02-20&keyword=Morrissey&mode=music">Morrissey</a> (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search?tag=tima02-20&keyword=The%20Smiths&mode=music">The Smiths</a>) also started weblogs my life would be complete. I'm not holding my breath though. I may drop dead if Morrissey got one. I'd suppose he'd think they are boring and tired or make him miserable because of the loss of human contact. He wouldn't be Morrissey if he didn't would he? I suppose there is an outside chance of all of them happening one day. If I had to pick one though I'd go for Gedge. (Just a gut feeling.)</p>
<p>Rounding out my all-time five, Lizard McGee of <a href="http://www.lizardfamily.com/news_shows/news_shows.html">Earwig</a> does kind of keep a weblog of sorts, Mostly band and show news. Got to speak to Lizard about that. Having gotten to know Lizard, I'm certain he'd be an excellent blogger.</p>
<p>[1] <q>Rock</q> hardly seems the right term for Soul Coughing, but that is the closest broad category in my head. Trying to explain them would take to long and I wouldn't do them enough justice.</p>
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