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An Evening with John Statz at the Acadia Cafe, October 3

On Friday, October 3rd, Madison folksinger John Statz will release his third album, An Evening with John Statz, at the Acadia Cafe in Minneapolis.

Here are two favorites off the LP:

John Statz : “A Letter From Southeast Asia” (mp3)

John Statz : “Best Girl of ‘16″ (mp3) The album was recorded live the first night of John’s [...]

Technical issues

You may have noticed some severe technical issues on Perfect Porridge this week. We really really want to blame Sony’s DRM, but alas, we’re not able to blame Tommy Mottola (this time).

The sidebar is being weird, so here’s a link to the About page that contains our mailing address and e-mail address.

Anyone interested in helping [...]

New Music Tuesday : MP3s

Blood Feathers
Curse & Praise
Label: Box Theory
Buy at iTunes Music Store
FREE MP3 Download “Cat Can Coo Too” (MP3, 192kbps)

LUTION
simpletalk
Label: Trixy
Buy at iTunes Music Store
FREE MP3 Download “Higher…” (MP3, 192kbps)

Concombre Zombi
Daylight Comes
Label: HairBall8 Records
Buy at iTunes Music Store
FREE MP3 Download “The Ripper” (MP3, 192kbps)

Jerry Lee Lewis: A Half Century of Hits

Jerry Lee Lewis
A Half Century of Hits (3 CD box set)

Rarely does a modern day musician find success in genre crossover while impacting multiple generations of musicians across the board. This is why the world will never forget Jerry Lee Lewis, who often had number one hits on the pop, country and R&B charts at [...]

Two Gallants, Drakkar Sauna, The Gleam : Triple Rock : Minneapolis, MN

Two Gallants, Drakkar Sauna, The Gleam
May 25, 2006
Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis, MN

An evening of folky Americana last night at Minneapolis Triple Rock…

Wyoming’s The Gleam opened up the night with a gritty, infectious rockabilly groove. While mostly based on simple country bass patterns, the boys from Chisago County do an incredible job amping up the [...]

Sony Rootkit Settlement – only took 126 days

In the mail today – my class action settlement forms from Sony based on my unwilling installation of their XCP rootkit/spyware by purchasing and playing a Trey Anastasio CD on my computer WAY back in November of ‘05.

Yes, 126 days after my first complaint they’ve now offered me $7.50. If you’re curious, read [...]

Monkeycube in your face, sucka

Check out this post from Monkeycube featuring some delicious tunes from Talking Heads, Morphine and Meghana Bhat. YES!