I would give some love to this band and it's fallen comrade http://www.musicalfamilytree.org/band/japonize_elephants That's all I need to say. peace

Hey there friends! I know this is last minute but I forgot to do this. We are playing a show at Vibes on 54th street tonight. We will have copies of the new record too. It would be great to see you all! We start at 8pm..

I found this odd shot in my photos...I believe it's the elusive image of the Fauxker.

This is an article I wrote for the Bloomington Independent back in 2001, as part of the paper's CultureShock 15th-anniversary issue. I'd be really interested in hearing any other stories about the band's stay in Bloomington during the spring of 1986: R.E.Memory: R.E.M.'s Bloomington Album Fifteen years ago I came home and told a friend I'd just heard R.E.M.… Continue

I was just perusing IMN & ran into a thread regarding the tragic death of Joe Martin, a musician & avid supporter of the local music, film & arts community. I saw him at almost every show I ever went to in town. He was always interesting to talk with & such a positive guy. The last time I saw him was at the LP Memorial show at Radio Radio. He will certainly be missed. http://www.kokomotribune.com/local/local_story_199112200.html http://www.myspace.com/joemartinmusic… Continue

The Steve Coker that joined the site is clearly a fake. But who could it be?

Ever since I found this site I've had Jack and Diane running though my head. Well not incessantly, that would drive me mad, but I heard it recently when I was in the States a few weeks ago. Its a catchy song .. all that hard-luck small town Americana with big guitars, hand claps and Phil Collinsish multitrack drums, very 80s and very Indiana. And John Cougar Mellencamp made a career after that on the same theme .. but his heart is in the right place, with the little man, the rabble rouser who ge… Continue

I found this screen shot from the that late 80's Star Trek Movie. I think this one went straight to VHS...or was that Beta? Star Trek Escape from Planet Coker

Punk Rock Funeral will attempt to write and record 50 songs in 90 days. Listen and view progress: http://5090.fawm.org/writers.php?id=1224 We might get WAYYY out there, Jeebus willing.

Let tourists and travel writers call it "Indy." I've loved "Naptown" for as long as I can remember, a lovingly derogatory term for Indiana's capital city, along the lines of how the English call England "Old Blighty." A term that originated in the 1920s for jazz and blues groups who would lay over for months at a time to gig on… Continue

I found the flier from my party where Duncan gave birth the second time. The date was July 11, 1987. I'll post it this weekend. It features my all time favorite picture of Steve and Chris ...

wow - i'm excited to have received this pretty stunning review for my album "To Know You Is To Save You" from the UK Guardian's "Band Of The Day" column today... http://music.guardian.co.uk/newbands/story/0,,2290894,00.html No 349: James Combs Today's new artist is a singer-songwriter described as the missing link between Low and John Lennon Paul Lester Monday July 14, 2008 guardian.co.uk James Combs James Combs ... a bit Beck, a bit Beatles, a bit Hunky Dory Bowie Hometown: Los Angeles.… Continue

See what the kids look like too! http://www.flickr.com/photos/hisgirlfriday1969/

For reasons never shared with me, The Lemonheads’ arena tour supporting Lenny Kravitz fell thr… Continue

I found Nathan on friendster and sent him a message. Hopefully he will come to MFT and join us. Mr. Nathan Hartz nahartz@hammond.k12.in.us Hammond Indiana Picture

Way back on 12/30/06, I had the pleasure of recording Margot & The Nuclear So and So's at The Irving Theater. It was an all-ages show with about 850 in attendance. We had spent Christmas down in Atlanta, where my family lives & drove back up to Indy the day of the show. Christian Taylor, who was set to be one of the opening acts, was also down in Georgia over Christmas. We met up on the 29th & he rode back to Indy with us. I had left all of my recording gear at Queensize before taki… Continue

John Sheets left a very nice post about his record scrounging adventures that produced a very nice original copy of the Zerfas LP that was later sold for something north of $1,000. The LP had had an odd history since the 1990s. It was reissued for the very first time on vinyl only in a numbered pressing of 500 copies (of which about 350 were actually sold) taken from the original master tapes and done in a lovely package witha poster of old photos and a band history and a nice essay about the ba… Continue

My dear sister and former Arson Garden collaborator April Combs and I will be doing a midwestern tour in August, including dates in both Bloomington (August 8 at Bear's Place, with the excellent Gentleman Caller) and Indianapolis (Aug 9 - venue TBA), and Chicago (Aug 10 - a house concert at the home of L. Wyatt - details to come.) We hope you'll come see us...

Well... we didn't win Yahoo's "User's Choice" - but we came damn close. I just want to say thank you so very much to everyone who took the time to vote for me. My supporters at Yahoo Music tell me we did incredibly well - a close second is especially unusual for an independent artist. So... thank you, my friends. It's so cool that you made the effort on my behalf - I really appreciate it. Also, an extra big thanks to Jeb and PJ and Musical Family Tree, the best music scene website in the countr… Continue

I just uploaded a bunch of new MP3s. I figured now's a good time to detail what's what with regard to everything I've uploaded to date, since this is an archive site and all that.... Anhedonia: A contemporary track by Box Set Authentic. Written by John Demoulpied. Demoulpied: guitar Joy Gregory: vocal Rick Karr: guitar, keyboard, production Michael Sankowski: drums Matthew N. Sharp: programming, production Stephen F. Wolf… Continue