Recent content by Dew Knot Humps

I’ve seen a couple bands in the past month or so. Lil Ed and the Blues Imperials last week and Wayne “The Train” Hancock a while back. The Ed show was extra fun because a bunch of people I used to work with in my days as a record executive came out.

That’s arguably the top 5 of grunge bands. The Billy Pumpkins might not even dent the top ten. Corgan isn’t just a whiny issue monster in public, he also has an extremely bad rep as as a bully when it comes to being a band leader. He’s worse than Buddy Rich.

Tube Screamers. Back in the old days the only boost/od pedal options were pretty much a TS9 or a Boss Overdrive. When I was playing in country bands from 1992-2006 I had either a TS9, a TS10 or an original $35 Nobels ODR 1. The Tube Sreamers never totally did what I wanted. The volume knob...

Thanks to Peen Simmons my YouTube feed is being inundated with Corgan shorts! He should rename his interview show “The Others Who Are Nowhere Near As Magnificent As I Am”.

Billy Corgan is an insufferable douche drinker.

These days I use an Orange Dual Terror on the 30 watt setting with all 4 el84s engaged and the volume halfway up. Several of the arenas we play have house 4x12s so I use that if it’s an option and for the clubs that don’t have backline I bring a 1x12” cab with a Warehouse Guitar speaker V30...

When I returned it I said “it’s a hoe tone” he said “I think it’s hot one” and I said “I like hoe tone better” and left it at that.

I live 15 minutes from the current location and I’ve maybe been there 4-5 times, same for the old location. There is too much stuff in there, it’s overwhelming in a way. I bought my Stratocaster from the original CME honcho in 1990. In those days he was selling guitars out of his loft. Even that...

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I listened to the whole thing twice. Highly enjoyable, the production and mix are pristine, the arrangements have lovely twists and turns, the sublime layered guitar parts really caught my ear and the songs themselves are well written. A very nice slice of well executed orchestral pop!

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It’s 7:20am, packing my bongs and brewing some coffee in anticipation of the long strange smurfco trip I’m about to take.

Many years ago a country band I used to play with were exposed to a set by an Up With People band/choir after our set at the Illinois State Fair. They were playing in the tent next to the stage we played and we wandered over and were captivated by how odd and creepy and weird it was.

As everyone knows house music originated here in Chicago. I was never into clubbing, dancing, party drugs etc but I knew people that were. I was at a street fest last year and legendary house music DJ Jumpin’ Julian Perez was manning the steel wheels for a set.

I was 4 in 1970, that means I grew up in the 70’s. I had a blessed childhood but never was really sure why until recently. I’m sure you have all heard about the current Pope, Leo from the South Side of Chicago. I grew up literally one block from that guy. I did not know him but I feel that my...