Many musicians have day jobs and side work that allow us to pay the bills (and allow us to keep being musicians). And it’s pretty much the norm for bands to have their own t-shirts available as merchandise along with […]

Way back in the early days of this web site, doing a search on “Michael Gaither” brought up pages showing a deadbeat dad in Indiana, or a tire salesman in North Carolina. So much for a unique first and last […]

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This week ended with a happy email from Director of Musicology over at “Car Talk” on NPR. Turns out that my SUV-bashing song “Good God Man How Big a Car Do You Need?” will be the featured tune on this […]

I was born, raised, am still fortunate enough to live here on the California coast. Over the past few days, however, I came to quickly appreciate a modern convenience known as “air conditioning”. The wife and I spent the weekend […]

Sometimes a meeting is just a good excuse to chat with an old pal. I spent quite a few years as a stringer for the Santa Cruz Sentinel. I wrote for their old “Spotlight” Friday entertainment supplement, first as a […]

Folks who’ve put out a CD or two know one of the ironies of production: It still costs more to put out a record in a simple cardboard wrapper instead of an eco-unfriendly plastic jewel case. Still, with “Dogspeed”, I […]

Lots of fun coming up this weekend: If you’re within earshot of Nevada City (or the Internet) on Friday morning (4/17), tune into Laurie DesJardin’s “The New Brick Road” on KVMR from 10-noon. At around 10:20, Laurie and I will […]