This past winter, one of my pals, Zack Smith aka The Stock Cropper, reached out to me.
I've known Zack for more than twenty years. He was the bass player of one of my favorite Iowa bands ever, Keepers…
Jul 16, 2026
Jul 5, 2026
Learning To Crawl
It continues to be such a joy getting to do these Perfect Songs Forever episodes on Discograffiti with my dear friend Rudy Fischmann. Every conversation teaches me something new about one of my favorite people... including the fact that…
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Jul 3, 2026
Wait A Minute...
As America turns 250, I find myself in a strange place.
I don't really feel like celebrating the ideal of what America has become. But I will always celebrate community.
When I was growing up in small town Iowa ..…
Jul 1, 2026
Let The Play Happen
Today would have been my dad's 73rd birthday.
My dad was a professional baseball umpire in the mid 1970s, and of all the things he taught me about the game, one lesson ripples my soul now more then ever..
He'd…
Jun 26, 2026
Interrobang Film Fest!
Today our little film finally gets to be seen. At the Interrobang Film Festival, Walter Day's debut music video, "Hold Me," makes its premiere.
Walter is known to many as the father of esports and the unforgettable star of…
Jun 25, 2026
Marking Time - In The Age Of The Sun
We just never get enough time.
We never get enough time with the people we love. We never get enough time to ask every question we want to ask. We never get enough time with the artists who changed our…
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Jun 14, 2026
Lost Weekends and Lost Kids: Harry Nilsson, Guided By Voices, and Me
I am incredibly honored that Rudy Fischmann asked me to be a guest this week on The Cocaine Chronicles to talk about Harry Nilsson’s Pussy Cats .. the absolutely insane, beautiful, heartbreaking record he made with his friend John…
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Jun 10, 2026
Short Film - Hold Me featuring Walter Day Makes It's Debut!
We are so excited to announce our short film will make it’s world premiere Interrobang Film Fest at the Des Moines Arts Festival.
Walter Day is considered the father of eSports. At the ripe age of 70 he decided to…
May 28, 2026
Permission To Evolve
How often do we really get to grow up with a band..
Not just loving a band for a season or a record or a summer, but actually getting to watch them evolve in real time. Getting older alongside them…
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May 17, 2026
I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One
On today's brand-new quick episode of Perfect Songs Forever, Rudy Fischmann wanted to talk about a Yo La Tengo song, and of course I immediately said fuck yes. Why? Because I honestly think Yo La Tengo might be the greatest…
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Apr 30, 2026
In The Blink Of An Eye You Get Several Meanings
In April of 2005 I decided to book myself a solo tour, but more importantly pointed my car toward Athens, Georgia with one thing in mind. I was going to see The Olivia Tremor Control play their first reunion show…
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Apr 28, 2026
The 30 Greatest Living American Songwriters - New York Times..
This morning my pal Alli Arnold sent me one of those gifted articles from The New York Times
Today’s was “The 30 Greatest American Living Songwriters” Which is basically throwing a match into my brain… oh baby here we go…
Apr 26, 2026
I'll wait by the backstage door
I was 19, in the front row at the Riviera Theatre in Chicago, and I had no idea what I was about to see. Back then, everything you heard about Fiona Apple on MTV News or in little blurbs from…
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Apr 2, 2026
The Coolest!
There are certain people in music who don’t just exist in a scene. They define it quietly, without trying. Jennifer Baron has always been one of those people for me.
In the 90's you couldn't really find photos of indie…
Apr 1, 2026
FREAK OUT TURNS 60
Growing up in small town Iowa in the late 90s, being a music fan was pretty hard. There was no internet to look things up, no YouTube to fall down some endless rabbit hole. It felt more like trying to…
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Mar 24, 2026
She Lived Through This
What I found so powerful about Melissa Auf book is the tenderness of her memory. Maybe it comes from looking through a lens for so long, capturing thousands of moments, learning how to truly see people. She doesn’t soften the…
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Mar 5, 2026
It Doesn’t Just Belong To The Night
Buckle Up. The brand new episode of Don’t Bother Wearing Seatbelts features one of the most fascinating characters in the extended Elephant 6 universe, R Sloan Simpson, whose new Ep, by Sloan Brothers Love and Diagnosis continues the story…
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Mar 1, 2026
Spent It On A Dream
They spent it on a dream.
On this week's episode of the Discograffiti Soldiers of Sound podcast, Adem Kerimofski told Rudy Fischmann and I this amazing story. He was backstage with the Australian band Custard, listening to Wowee Zowee…
Feb 22, 2026
They Are The Lucky Ones
A few mornings ago, I was sitting on the couch with a cup of coffee, watching the movie Rushmore. The house was quiet in that sweet way it only is before your ten year old child wakes up. Then you…
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