Emma's last song for her Fun-A-Day project. With me on drums

Enjoy!!

-q

Here is a great post about winter. I borrowed some of the text for this song. Here's the best part:

I wanted to say something today about winter, since it clear it’s never ending. Although I can tough out the winter as much as the next Finn, seasonal doldrums effect the best of us, and I fall victim every year. This is about the time when it starts; I’ll catch myself casually scanning through Cormac McCarthy novels, or googleing things like “nuclear winter” or “root canal.”

Fortunately, time can only move forward (as far as we know) and so spring is inevitable.

-- emma

Today's song is just me on guitar, singing about the passage of time and the goodness of hearts.

-- emma

Emma plays guitar while Dana Pruszynski vocally paints a picture of her rainbow-colored, sugar-covered dream wedding (an exercise in eliminating hate from our hearts.)

-q

Tonight was the biggest collaboration thus far. The line-up included:
- Emma on acoustic guitar
- Ian Bonnet on electric guitar and vocals
- Laura Bonnet on flute
- Rowan Bonnet on backing vocals
- me on snare drum

A tribute to Rowan's (upcoming) forward progress

-q

Impatience.

-- emma

Today's song is coffee-fueled. Featuring Jairan, formerly of Flotilla Way, on drums and backing vocals.

-q

Day 24 came and went without a song getting written. The above picture helps illustrate why.

So this song, although getting posted on 1/25 is a catch-up song for yesterday. Emma will be recording two songs today. Look for day 25's song later tonight.

This one is a quick adaptation of "in the pines".

-q

Look at that lovely city!

I am reading a book about wilderness navigation right now.

-- emma

This picture is actually from March of 2006, but the sun! The sun is shining!

Today's song is both Emma on guitar and jingle bells, and Q on floor tom and vocals. The sun was shining brilliantly today and made me feel like a whole new person, so today's words are:

I know we need the winter, but I'm ready for the spring. I'm ready to start growing things. Let's talk about the garden, let's talk about our seeds, let's talk about the compost, let's talk about pulling weeds. The sun is shining and my heart is taking wing. I know we need the winter, but I'm ready for the spring."

-- emma

A song about keeping a healthy perspective.

Emma just sings tonight with Chris Niels on guitar and me on drums.

-q

Emma claims this song is inspired by Blues Traveler's "Runaround". Dual guitar attack of Emma and Jo Ma and I played Jo's homemade electronic noise machine. We overlaid a layer of Jo playing thumbpiano as well.

-q

Emma rocks it solo today.

-q

Some options for a lazy sunday afternoon.

Emma was joined by me doing some handclaps, jangles, foot stomps and backing vocals.

-q

Tonight I went to see Leo Kottke play and it blew my mind and I felt totally intimidated to pick up the guitar, but did it anyway, and just under the wire. This should be posted by 11.59pm!

-- emma

Still cold. Emma on guitar and vocals. Q on backup vocals and janglin' bells.

-q

Here's a song that Emma and Jackie wrote about Emma's co-worker's car getting towed. They both played guitar. Emma sang and Jackie provided backup vocals.

-q

Shit got cold. Emma wrote a song about it. Neither of us actually has hypothermia. We hope you don't either. And this song should help you determine if you do.

-q

A tough day for Emma makes the blues a bit more blue for this Fun-A-Day.

With me on drums

-q

A song about Emma's quest to get a job working on the Appalachian Trail. With special guest Ross Riley Reilly on ukulele and backup vocals.

-q

*** We had previously accidentally merged both takes of this song into one mp3, which sounded CRAZY! The fixed version is now up. enjoy!! ***





A tribute to Emma's twice broken glasses. Broken and fixed on Christmas Eve, then re-broken today. Good thing she picks up her new specs tomorrow. Featuring Andybot on guitar, Emma on vocals and handclaps, and me shaking a handful of bottlecaps.

-q

A tribute to Buck Rogers!!

-q

Emma praying or laughing hysterically???

Today it's just guitar and two voices -- Emma and I. Here's today's lyrics.

(had a) quiet day
where nothing much happened
got to tell you, it feels pretty good
in a world where there's suffering daily
what i've got i wish everyone could

-q

Day eight has Emma going instrumental. With whistlin'!!!

-q

An ode to Emma's family in their faraway corners of the world.

With me on drums.

-q

Rainy day music with Emma on guitar and me on drums. Curl up with a cup of high-octane earl grey and listen!!

-q

For day five, Emma goes solo.

enjoy!!

-q

Day four brings us a birthday song for Emma's older sister Maggie. Happy Birthday Magaggles!!! This song is inspired by/ripped off from Mississippi John Hurt's "Coffee Blues."

Today's recording features myself on drums and backing vocals.

-q

Day Three has Emma doing a quiet lullaby with me assisting with some brushes on a hi-hat.

Photo above is of my hi-tech recording studio. haha.

-q

Day 2 of Emma's daily blues. Today features Deanna (of Flotilla Way) on bass.

-q

Pittsburgh is doing a Fun-A-Day project for the month of January. Emma is writing a 12-bar blues song each day. I will be recording them and posting the songs here. Today's first song also features her dad Tom on 12-string guitar and myself on drums.

more info on the Fun-A-Day project, here

-q

Hello again - its been awhile.  Tour, sickness, sunshine and the garden have all kept me away from the podcastin'.  My apologies to anyone who has been anxiously awaiting a new Podtravelin'.  But we have some new stuff for you, so hopefully you will be pleased.  Tracks from Pay Toilets, Sequoia, Midnite Snake, Brain Handle, Suburban Death Machine, Necracedia, Doomwatch, Crucial Unit and Antennacle. 

Hopefully getting back in the every other week schedule groove.  Also will hopefully have a couple special theme episodes coming up.  Stay tuned.

This week's show features Mike Bolam as the co-host.  You might know Mike from Crucial Unit, Warzone Womyn, Build Your Weapons and doing the metal DJ thing around Pittsburgh.  Mike hits us up with a bunch of metal and punk this week.  This week's show includes songs by Warzone Womyn, Dream Death, Doomwatch, Rottrevore, Hideous Mangleus, Mythic, Wormhole, Disturbance, Submachine, and Necracredia. 

Back again with guest co-host Jim Robinson (of Halfanation, Gunspiking, He Taught Me Lies, etc. fame) to take a look back at the political punk around 1996 when Jim and I first arrived in Pittsburgh.  Includes tracks from Submachine, Reagan Squad, Aus Rotten, Human Investment, Pressgang, Warpath, Population Control, Negative Outlook, and The Insignificant. 

After suffering a short delay due to some frozen pipes that required my attention, I am now back with a solo Podtravelin' effort.  This week's show includes tracks from The Mollies, Krooked Grind, Choke City, The Modey Lemon, A Is A, Vale and Year, Harangue, Davenport, and Teddy Duchamp's Army.  Hopefully should get back on schedule and the next show should be posted in just a little over a week's time.

Intense Andy of Intense Youth/Fuckedupmess/Brain Handle/Etc fame is this week's co-host.  On this week's show Andy and Q look at some Pgh punk from the early 80's as well as a bunch of stuff from the 90's.  This show includes tracks by: Intense Youth, Carsickness, Ground Zero, Dress Up Like Natives, Half Life, Necracedia, Aus-Rotten, Negative Outlook, Pressgang, Reagan Squad, and Human Investment.

Overall a pretty mellow show to kick off the new year - featuring special guest co-host Jeremy Hedges (of The Sea Like Lead fame).  Here's what we played for you this time around - Pressgang, We're Wolves, H.A.R.M., Arco Flute Foundation, All The Quiet, He Taught Me Lies, Tiny Hawk, Hurl, and Mike Tamburo. 

This week's episode features Josh "Chuckleberry" Beyer as guest co-host.  We play stuff by The 1985, The Eruptions, Blastoff 3.0, Rise Above, Disturbed Youth, 53rd State, Free Barrabas, Crucial Unit, Jumbo, Sequoia and Sun Tornado. 

No special guest co-host this week - just me again.  This week's show has new music from Julie Sokolow and Devin Russian as well as tracks from Pikadori, Vale and Year, Stilyagi, Brain Handle, Conelrad, Caustic Christ, Shale and Io.  Enjoy!!!

This week's show features special co-host Eric the Red (co-host of the Fighting Lefty Review political talk show on WRCT and guitarist of He Taught Me Lies).  Eric brings along some of his favorite local music mixed with some selections from myself.  Includes songs from Shopping, The Cardboards, Alpha Control Group C, Counteraction, Weekend Warriors, The Traditionals, Chapter, Creation Is Cruicifixion, The Great Eastern, Creta Bourzia, Necracedia, and The Bad Genes.  This episode is a bit longer than the first 5 episodes.  - Q

This week's show is a preview of the 10 bands that will be playing this year's ADD Fest on November 10th at the Mr. Roboto Project.  Show includes songs by Pyramid Scheme, Weird Paul, Isha & Zetta, Thrak, Tusk Lord, Meltdown, Sleep Little One Sleep, Flotilla Way, Build Your Weapons, and Fuck Telecorps.  For more information on ADD Fest and Roboto's 7 year annivesary, go to www.therobotoproject.org

First show with my new equipment.  This should greatly improve the sound of the show.  This week's show includes Creta Bourzia, the1985, Hurl, River is to Train, Phil Boyd and the Hidden Twin, The Modey Lemon, Two Sexy Beasts, Reagan Squad, Disco Crisis, and a track off the new Caustic  Christ LP.