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New Music Report - End of January
First month of 2021 is almost done, already a nice crop of new music to listen to. But how much of it has hit potential? Well lets take a...
Goodbye 2020 - Episode Notes and Further Listening
Well, 2020 is almost at a close, and I figured I'd highlight the good parts in the Music Industry....which is part of the reason why its...
Episode Notes - Bad Bandmates
Well, the Tim Gavin Show is back. It was a much needed break while I got things re-organized and made a few changes. But I'm hoping to...
Spooky Tunes - Sources and Notes
This episode is all about some loosely connected histories of Halloween Songs. I dive into shock rock and some of its origins, great...
Weird Instruments - Episode Sources.
Quite a lot of fun putting this episode together. I might have to do another odd instrument episode sometime soon. Sources:...
New Music Report (Elton John, Amaranthe, Sub Focus and Wilkinson)
I'll be honest, it took me a while to find three new albums that I wanted to write about. Not to say there wasn't lots of new music this...
New Music Report (Neil Ciceriega, Greg Puciato, The Neighborhood)
I'm pretty convinced that at least two of these albums I'm talking about are Album Of The Year material. Neil Ciceriega - Mouth Dreams I...
New Music Report (Deftones, The Ocean, Joji)
I'm once again blown away by the quality of the music released in 2020. We have bands putting out albums they'd rather wait a little...
UnPlugged Episode Notes and Sources
UnPlugged was in many ways the opposite of what MTV stood for. What inspired it? what made it such a big deal? and what kept it going for...
Moving Forward
If there is some sort of "former media person" support group, I want to join it. It's annoying to say this too, because I haven't even...
New Music Report - Pendulum, Alicia Keys, Napalm Death
2020 doesn't have much in the way of new music, but the stuff that has come out has been fantastic. In fact, in the later half of the...
New Music Report: Tricky, Marilyn Manson, Mastodon
Buckle up, we've got some oddities this week. Tricky - Fall To Pieces Trip Hop Pioneer and former Massive Attack Collaborator/Member...
The Job Hunt (and other Hot Takes)
I'm an emotional rollercoaster going through this month. Back and forth between excitement of a potentially good future when things...
Episode 19 Sources and notes
Tim Gavin went to google, he was looking for facts to share He was in a bind, for sources to find, and information rare But then a few...
New Music Report: Pig Destroyer, Disclosure, The Pineapple Thief
It was a weird weekend for me, I wasn't focused on music as much as I was focused on the state of misery I've found myself in. Lots of...
Finishing a goal
Roughly this time last year; I picked up a book of writing prompts. "Just Write One Thing Today" has 365 prompts of different lengths,...
New Music Report - Dua Lipa, Ulver, Tim Bowness
Last Friday was the most excited I've been for new music since March. Despite what's going on in the world, new music is still coming...