SMASHIN' TRANSISTORS

There were a handful of occasions to celebrate the first week of May. Cinco de Mayo. Kentucky Derby. The Friday of that week is one of the most important holidays for many people from my hom...

http://www.smashintransistors.com/2022/05/smashin-transistors-90-started-hummin.html

"Still on this side of the daisies" is now my new favorite response when asked how the day is going. Not sure if it's an actual southern colloquialism but a sassy Chapel Hill lady well into...

http://www.smashintransistors.com/2022/03/smashin-transistors-89-this-side-of.html

Except it's not really gold in color. It's more of a weird bright yet sickly yellow. And it falls from the skies before doing the things it does in the earth.  The seed plants of the US sout...

http://www.smashintransistors.com/2022/03/smashin-transistors-88-sprinkled-in.html

Here it is a new year. It's been since last year that Smashin' Transistors sent out a broadcast transmission. The work/life/the record company thang /world in general imposed exile is over. Ne...

http://www.smashintransistors.com/2022/01/smashin-transistors-87-new-year-of-same.html

Last year around this time I announced that I would be reviving my record label Bancroft Records up again. Due to usual supply chain issues and how vinyl pressing plants were already overwh...

http://www.smashintransistors.com/2022/01/your-two-first-favorite-albums-of-2022.html

We got our Thanksgiving turkey a week or so ago. Kept it in the freezer until last night. For those who may not know, the Smashin' Transistors digs share space with the Mr. Ripperpotamus; the ...

http://www.smashintransistors.com/2021/11/smashin-transistors-86-theres-bird-in.html

There were a couple of super duper lottery jackpots recently. I admit to throwing a couple of bucks down here and there on the "big ones" a time or two a month. I kinda got outta hand this Oct...

http://www.smashintransistors.com/2021/10/smashin-tranistors-85-boulevard-of.html

I'll admit it, I've read a lot of poetry over the years. Don't quiz me of on it though as it was years ago. Either way, your rock trivia fact for this episode of the Smashin' Transistors podc...

http://www.smashintransistors.com/2021/09/smashin-transistors-84-you-might-as.html

After well over a year, the pool in my complex finally reopened about a month back. I sing the title of this episode of Smashin' Transistors to the tune of Kate Bush's Hounds Of Love every ti...

http://www.smashintransistors.com/2021/09/smashin-transistors-83-take-your-shirt.html

Starting the next dance craze is not an easy task. I looked into it and studied all the angles. My spirit got broken though after many friends pointed out that though my intentions of making one...

http://www.smashintransistors.com/2021/07/smashin-transistors-82-how-to-start.html

. If a craft brewery was ran by hardcore Springsteen enthusiasts, you know they'd make an IPA called Dankness On The Edge of Town. The bigger question though is if they're torn between naming ...

http://www.smashintransistors.com/2021/06/smashin-transistors-81-dankness-on-edge.html

One summer weekend in northern Michigan years ago, I ate breakfast at a Bob Seger themed diner. Pretty much just a few Seger album covers framed and on the wall and a poster signed by Alto Ree...

http://www.smashintransistors.com/2021/05/smashin-transistors-80-weather-and.html

I have not worked in a retail setting in over twenty years. I kept good with continuing out of it. Well, until late 2020 that is. Not by choice and hopefully it is just temporary but bills got...

http://www.smashintransistors.com/2021/04/smashin-transistors-79-churlishness.html

"A head fulla dust." Such a line has been a lyrical adumbration since at least the early 20th century. Though they aren't most likely talking about pollen, that such yellow dust is into its year...

http://www.smashintransistors.com/2021/04/smashin-transistors-78-blanketed-in.html

There was a spell there towards the end of the last century, that if you wanted to prove how punk rock your attitude was, you would suffix whatever the name of the project was with a "'77." ...

http://www.smashintransistors.com/2021/03/smashin-transistors-apostrophe-77.html

I'm elated, excited, stoked and jazzed to be reawakening my label Bancroft Records after a decade of it sleeping. The first in the pipeline is an LP from Zurich Cloud Motors. Hailing from Provi...

http://www.smashintransistors.com/2021/02/the-return-of-bancroft-records.html

Recently, the guy I worked with showed up in the shop with a wool cap on. Coming through the door he said "I tell ya, man. It sure was cold enough to get the toboggan out. I thought I misplace...

http://www.smashintransistors.com/2021/02/toque-to-toboggan.html

It goes without saying that 2020 was a wreck. It was also a bit of a whirlwind too, right? For me, the year started it out with a plan, I sold my house, left my somewhat cushy but now unrewardi...

http://www.smashintransistors.com/2020/12/smashin-transistors-favorite-albums-of.html

No diamonds for number seventy five. In this year, it not even Cubic Zirconia. It might even be Moissanite.  Some solid sounds though.  What you'll hear:  ERIC’S TRIP – Daylight KA...

http://www.smashintransistors.com/2020/12/smashin-transistors-75-zircon-and-on.html

Like all things this year, Halloween is pretty much canceled. No Butterfingers. No Baby Ruth's. No Snickers. No good candy at all.  Yeah, 2020 is like going to every door and getting just ...

http://www.smashintransistors.com/2020/10/smashin-transistors-74-nothing-but.html

Smashin' Transistors production of the foklore favorite Will-o'-the-wisp will not be heard tonight. In it's place, we present you this special program.    TOMPALL GLASER – Pass Me On By...

http://www.smashintransistors.com/2020/10/smashin-transistors-73-bacillus-is.html

Did we even have a summer? No gatherings in backyards or beaches. No beer in garages in with pals. The days turn to gold. They grow few. What you'll hear:   GIRLS AT OUR BEST – Getting N...

http://www.smashintransistors.com/2020/09/smashin-transistors-72-and-days-grow.html

In the wilds of Michigan’s Thumb, the sounds of the night bugs were mostly crickets. In my new surroundings of North Carolina’s Triangle, there are crickets as well but also many katydid...

http://www.smashintransistors.com/2020/08/smashin-transistors-71-orchestrations.html

You know like how around Christmas time, people find those video loops of fireplaces or winter villages and show them on TV screens. Is there one for summer of burgers on the grill? Maybe wi...

http://www.smashintransistors.com/2020/07/smashin-transistors-70-virtual-charcoal.html

The solstice marking the change of season hasn't officially arrived here in the USA but things have gone well over the boiling point in recent weeks. Much of it stems back from a minority o...

http://www.smashintransistors.com/2020/06/smashin-transistors-69-heat.html