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EDBZ BLOG #40

  • Dec 31, 2025

For many others, the end of November through January second or so is the time when people take off from work to enjoy time with their families and friends, reminisce about the year, life in particular and remind themselves of why they do what they do the rest of the year. Me, I make money for millionaires and billionaires and stock owners for as little as they can get away paying me. But that’s OK, because I get just enough money to put into Eardrum Buzz Radio and have time to keep the station going with awesome music and help out the DJ’s making sure their shows get aired.  I also do some promoting, but I’ve never been great at that, though I have had fun promoting my latest Friday I’m In Love. 


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So, for you and your family and friends, I do hope you get to relax some and enjoy the company of those you love, cuddle with your kids and partners, your pups and kitties. I’ll be petting my Lucy dog and listening to some great tunes and seeing Avatar and the latest Knives Out movies.


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Send submissions to: bret@eardrumbuzz.net with "Submission" and your band name in the subject. Include your band name, song titles, album title, track numbers and artwork in your metadata. Please no Country, Modern Pop, Blues, Rap or Americana. Please make the song/album link easy to find in the email. Please only MP3 files, no WAV files, no Spotify links, just your awesome music!

EDBZ BLOG #39

  • Oct 31, 2025

The days are getting shorter and the weather is cooling. Today was partly cloudy but warm, quite pleasant in Burbank, California. Halloween is coming at the end of the month and the Halloween Horror Nights are already happening at the Universal Studios Tour and AMC theatres are playing scary movies. I’ve added Halloween-themed songs into the daily rotation too! Big Stir Records has a lengthy Halloween album named after a famous scary sounds record I had as a kid and we’d play it at the door when kids came for candy. Chilling, Thrilling Hooks And Haunted Harmonies: The Big Stir Records Halloween Grimoire is the name of the compilation of 19 songs from big names in Power Pop. Go check it out, it’s great fun. https://bigstirrecords.bandcamp.com/album/chilling-thrilling-hooks-and-haunted-harmonies-the-big-stir-records-halloween-grimoire

DJ Wednesday played music for three nights in Portland for Dreamgaze 2025 this past week and passed out stickers, as did 10 Million Lights in Portland and at the simultaneous Tremolo Fest in Seattle. Way too many great bands from the Pacific Northwest and West Coast, including Mumrunner, touring from Finland. I do wish I was at one of the shows. DJ Wednesday sent me a photo of the original EDBZ logo projected on the back of the stage at Dreamgaze. What an honor to be associated with all the fine people and bands that made these three-night events so memorable for music fans. I like to think I helped with my promotion of the shows on Facebook, Instagram, Threads and Bluesky. Nico Beatastic also helped promote the shows and they projected his Shore Dive Records logo too!


Greg Peters and Meagan Masingill are back on Eardrum Buzz Radio, they’re both on the first Friday of the month and Greg is solo on the third Friday of the month from 8pm-10pm PT. Greg is DJ Grim and Meagan is DJ Dreams. We used to all three do a twice-monthly live show and it was fun, but now they can focus more on the songs and styles and bands they both love. I’m listening to them both now playing songs from 1992. My live show, called Friday I’m In Love is on the second and fourth Fridays at 6pm PT. There’s too much new music coming out so I try to focus on new releases once a month and have a themed show too. I’m planning on a Halloween tricks and treat show later this month.


Be sure to check the schedule below the player at www.eardrumbuzz.net for our schedule and tune in for all your favorite shows and maybe you’ll find some new favorites or be reminded of songs from the past too. Without the likes of The Outsiders Music Show or The Comforts of Madness or Your First Listen or Shore Dive Records Transmissions or Souvlaki Bass Station or Six Beats Under and London Calling and Seasons Change and Rock Never Rusts and Beyond The Beaten Tracks, this station would just be me and submissions and my musical favorites. All the hosts make Eardrum Buzz Radio that much better and I am eternally grateful for all the passionate people whose shows are featured on the station. I prefer to be eclectic and that’s a badge of honor! We have regular listeners from all over the world and I hope that even though we might not all speak the same language, we all understand the language of music.


And just today, Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson announced they’re playing a few dates in June to celebrate Rush’s 50th anniversary. So we have that going for us.


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Send submissions to: bret@eardrumbuzz.net with "Submission" and your band name in the subject. Include your band name, song titles, album title, track numbers and artwork in your metadata. Please no Country, Modern Pop, Blues, Rap or Americana. Please make the song/album link easy to find in the email. Please only MP3 files, no WAV files, no Spotify links, just your awesome music!

EDBZ BLOG #38

  • Sep 2, 2025

Summer is coming to its incredibly hot and humid end (Soon? Please?) which means Halloween is just around the corner.  Well, between now and Thankgiving I have Nitzer Ebb and Stereolab live to look forward too and I’m taking my end of summer week in San Diego the second week of September. Superman and The Fantastic Four have fed me through the last few months, along with The Naked Gun, Weapons and 28 Years Later as far as movies go. I know there’s plenty on streaming to catch up on like Aliens: Earth and some other interesting series and a few movies as well. 


But what really has excited me is the new releases I’ve been sent over the last few months. Superchunk have a new album called Songs In The Key Of Yikes and it’s a masterclass of catchiness and noisy guitars. Hunk And His Punx circle around melodious Pop, Garage Rock and nostagia on Walking Out On This World. They even have a song called Rainy Day In L.A. One can only wish! The Planet Smashers return with On The Dancefloor, thirteen tracks of Ska fun. Tremours’ new album Fragments is all texture and atmosphere designed to make you forget about the world.  INTO-NARU-MORI’s new release The Things We Lost is an interesting collection of songs that blur genres and styles, mixing Trip-Hop, Indie Rock, Electronica and so much more, for fans of Massive Attack, Bjork and Lamb. And This House is Creaking on their new album I Want To Feel At Home Here play the type of weird, wonderful music that just gives me faith that there’s still talented and intelligent and fun music still being made that isn’t interested in getting the most clicks.

Dream Gaze and Tremolo Fest 2025 are just a few weeks away, so if you’re in Portland or Seattle be sure to get your tickets for one, two or all three nights. Most of the bands are playing both events. 



Our latest addition to Eardrum Buzz Radio is Dave Fennessy and his Outsiders Music Show. You can hear Dave on Wednesdays at 11am & 60m Pacific time. From a seaside town in southern England, Dave has a weekly show that goes from Punk to Pop and is always a fun hour of music. His announcer lady sounds rather attractive too. 


And I want to say farewell and bon chance to DJ Wampas, who has been doing two shows a month for several years now on Sundays and is saying farewell to creating his music shows. He will be back for our sixth anniversary though. Thank you Stephane for all the hours of underground music we wouldn’t otherwise be exposed too! 



Thanks to all who take the time to listen to Eardrum Buzz Radio. You know we’re on all day, not just during our DJ shows, right? Support the station via Patreon or Paypal, it really helps! And please continue to seek out and purchase music! Let’s keep creativity alive and not just support some business owner who is investing in murder machines. 


Listen: eardrumbuzz.net 

Eardrum Buzz Radio Patreon page: patreon.com/eardrumbuzzradio

Follow Eardrum Buzz Radio: Instagram: @eardrumbuzzradio 

Twitter: @eardrum_buzz 

Send submissions to: bret@eardrumbuzz.net with "Submission" and your band name in the subject. Include your band name, song titles, album title, track numbers and artwork in your metadata. Please no Country, Modern Pop, Blues, Rap or Americana. Please make the song/album link easy to find in the email. Please only MP3 files, no WAV files, no Spotify links, just your awesome music!

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