Natasha the Acid Queen did not arrive in San Francisco so much as appear there. By the time anyone noticed her in the Haight-Ashbury district in 1966, she already seemed established, as if she had been there all along, moving quietly through the streets, barefoot, dressed in flowing fabrics that caught the light like stained glass. Continue reading
This morning started the usual way—a huge stack of song variations waiting to be reviewed and rated. Fifty, sixty versions of the same piece. Different bands, different arrangements, different emotional temperatures. On the surface, it might look like excess. Continue reading
I took my troubles way beyond the grave,
I wasn’t feeling very tough or brave,
I sold my potions on Hollywood and Vine
And there I was at
Bardo Station Number Nine. Continue reading
Tommy Steele – lead guitar
Tommy was the architect of the band’s sonic storms. His guitar lines didn’t just solo—they spiraled, bending blues roots into something strange and electric. Quiet, intense, and always listening, he was the guy who could turn a simple riff into a ten-minute journey nobody forgot. Continue reading
Music Medicine: What We’re Actually Doing With All This Music
What you’re hearing here today—whether it’s one piece or fifty, whether it has lyrics or not—is part of a larger idea that’s been developing for a while now. We’re not just making songs. We’re working with sound as a tool. All of it.
Every track, every variation, every arrangement—no matter the style—is part of the same experiment. What does this do? Continue reading
I’ve been working on a playlist for the morning show, which you’ll see and hear then. Continue reading
PEGGY LANE – JAZZ INTERPRETATIONS
An E.J. Gold Project
Peggy Lane is a torch singer for the modern age—timeless, intimate, and unmistakably present. With a voice that drifts between velvet restraint and emotional fire, she brings new life to the classic language of jazz interpretation. Continue reading
What if war didn’t need a reason anymore? What if it didn’t need a story, or a cause, or even an enemy? What if all it needed was a system—and a player?
That’s the idea behind War for Fun and Profit. Continue reading
There’s a lot of benefit to be had from listening to the same song in twenty bands playing forty different arrangements.
What you’re really doing there isn’t just “listening to variations”—you’re training the ear to separate essence from appearance. Continue reading
Friends, blog readers, and everyone in our Zoom circle—
Something interesting happened tonight while we were playing around with images. We produced what started as a humorous photo—me standing inside a UFO with two Greys—and then turned it into a magazine cover. The result was surprising. It didn’t just look like a joke or a novelty graphic. It looked like a real pulp magazine cover you might see on a newsstand.
That’s worth thinking about for a moment. Continue reading