EDBZ BLOG #43

I’m looking for guest DJ’s to do a one or two hour show for Eardrum Buzz Radio’s Sixth Anniversary weekend in early July. Play what you want, talk about it and have fun! Please email bret@eardrumbuzz.net with the subject: Guest DJ and I’ll send you the info you need. The sooner you reply and get a show in, the better your time placement will be.

And we’re actually getting a few listeners tuning in through the week. Right now, at 10:20am PDT we have listeners from Brewster in New York State, Perry Hall, northeast of Baltimore and San Francisco.

DJ Wednesday is promoting a show at The Six this April!

SIX BEATS UNDER PRESENTS: SOLARA OBSCURA, BLACK MAGDALENE, boredom & Romance and DJ Wednesday spinning between sets.

3341 SE Belmont St, PDX

TIX $15 830PM

https://www.facebook.com/events/the-midnight/six-beats-under-presents-solara-obscurablack-magdaleneboredom-romance/1312868764190645/

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/six-beats-under-presents-solara-obscura-black-magdaleneboredom-romance-tickets-1977731751909?

Also in April is a Dreamgaze Presents show in April at Swan Dive: Guest Directors are celebrating the release of their new record on vinyl,  Ten Million Lights (also releasing their new record on vinyl), Risley, and shoegaze newcomers As Above, plus DJ Wednesday.

Tickets: https://evvntly.com/event/ev-b59bb977c20b7c9dacf61f95b 

Facebook Event:

https://www.facebook.com/events/s/dreamgaze-pdx-presents-guest-d/1656152939142012/

https://www.facebook.com/p/Dreamgaze-PDX

I’m working on the upcoming Friday I’m In Love with lots of classic Shoegaze bands and some newer bands, who I think deserve more attention. I’m glad I have an outlet to let you hear bands you might not know about, whether they’ve been around for years, are defunct or still going strong, or even newer bands that have solid releases and have only been around for a few years. Bands like Airiel, Levitation, Six By Seven, Joetsu Shore, Mo Dotti, Blushing, Whimsical, Doves. Bands that have found a place in my soul. You can hear Friday I’m In Love on the second and fourth Fridays at 6pm Pacific time and afterwards on Patreon and Podbean. But I’d rather chat with you live when the show is happening! It makes me feel like a proper radio DJ, like they used to take calls on the air or take requests. That human interaction is fun!

Right now I’m taking a much-needed day off from work. The Santa Ana winds kicked up this past weekend and did a number on my energy levels. For the past several days I’ve been out of it, a day ahead of myself, brain fog, aches and pains. After many years of just working through it, I’ve decided it’s better to actually not work when I’m feeling crappy. Besides, I can always use my Paid Time Off.

So here I am, adding shows to Podbean, posting on Patreon and enjoying not being on my feet in a noisy grocery store, kids crying, people asking me where things are while I’m shelving stuff.

I’m really looking forward to seeing Chapterhouse at Slide Away in May. They’re playing their debut album Whirlpool at shows in the UK and in the States. Chapterhouse posted from their Facebook page a live rendition of Pearl from just this month of March! Thanks to Vapour Trail host Greg Peters-Lefty for the message! https://www.facebook.com/reel/1284306540221135 

Rob Levy even played Pearl on his latest Comforts of Madness. Look for it on Podbean. https://eardrumbuzzradio.podbean.com/e/the-comforts-of-madness-3726/

We had rain, we had wind, we had heat, now it’s nice and cool and overcast and quiet. No dog across the street barking. Just listening to unreleased music from Sonder, chatting with a few people, hoping to hear new music from Damian Frood, (Get it at: https://thefailedbluedot.bandcamp.com/album/venus) and I’m about to see the movie The Bride. (Edit: The Bride was excellent. If you love old gangster and Universal monster movies, go see it!)

Contact me about doing a guest show, it doesn’t have to be for the sixth anniversary. Email me at bret@eardrumbuzz.net

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