Simon Barrett

Another rocky week for the Trump administration. He just can't seem to get Russia out of his hair. Like presidents before him, he has fled Washington in search of more fertile ground.

Hard rockers from Hollywood, Aerial School, is releasing their debut seven-song EP titled “Love Is Calling.” The sound is big, bold and oozes raw sensuality! “Love is Calling” just might make you want to mouth kiss someone! This is one of those rock 'n' roll records that makes you want to test the limits of your speakers as it just gets better the louder it's played!   Written and produced by guitar slinger Thorn St Germain, seven songs of exquisite, unbounded and divine rock thunder! Vocalist Dusty Bo is the perfect match for St Germain's howling, ripping guitar and legendary harmonica man Jimmy Z shines on “Red Hot Flame” with possibly the most astonishing blues harp solo on a rock song ever, changing keys three times!  

A late night talk show told his audience that they have much to celebrate. 100 days and we are still alive! But how has Trump really done? What has he achieved?

Soul rocker Kwame Binea was born in West London with native origins in Ghana. He has peppered his music with a unique brand of “Roots Rock” which embodies his fertile and culturally diverse personal saga.   “Universal Love” by Jimmy Cliff, a featured track on his new debut album “Roots Rock n Universal Love,” was produced by Vernon Reid of the group Living Colour who also co-wrote the tune “Love Surreal.” Of the process, Vernon says, “Kwame connected to 'Universal Love' immediately. He brings a fresh perspective and a renewed sense of hope to this seldom heard classic.”  

Experimental music ensemble Zero Times Everything will be releasing their eagerly anticipated new album “Sonic Cinema” on April 21, 2017! Avant-garde post-industrial pre-cambrian pan-ethnic serial noise proto-punk neocortex music. It lives at the intersection of “My Life in the Bush of Ghosts” and Autechre, mixing glitchcore, ambient, and progressive rock. Says band member Richard Sylvarnes, “In film making it is critical to create a sense of space; a world wholly imaginary that we can enter completely and without reservation. That is the first critical step in the creative process of Zero Times Everything. We strive to create worlds with sounds for a film that is either real or imagined. Hence the title: ‘Sonic Cinema’. Although largely an instrumental recording there are passages of spoken texts; either through a disembodied heroine’s chant from a 1930’s gangster film, robot voices reciting Marxist texts, a child’s recitation of ‘Twenty-first Century Schizoid Man’, to a chorus of angry protesters whose cal

Trump is nearing the 100 day mark, what is his mark?

The subject of FBI investigations and the leaders of the most controversial political organization in America, the Clintons have long been the subject of talk radio. Fred Lucas opens up those conversations that tore open the secrets currently being examined by the FBI. For those interested in the dynamics of Washington politics, the undercurrents of the Establishment and the lust for power that moves those who practice politics in Washington today, Fred Lucas brings those readers into the mix. “Fred Lucas not only delineates the roots of talk radio as a venue for communicating conservative political thought in the 1930s and 40s, he explains how it has become, in the 21st century, the life force for the conservative movement and the voice for conservative ideals on the current political landscape. Anyone who loves talk radio will love this book”

Another stellar week in politics. Trump uses $60 million worth of Tomahawk Missiles against a Syrian air base, and guess what, the base was up and running again in 24 hours!  

San Francisco - Recorded on both sides of the equator, Americana/Rock artist, John Haesemeyer's new EP, Maybe If I Try, will be released on April 29, 2017. John Haesemeyer (HAZE-mire) is a San Francisco based performing artist who fuses folk and pop genres, emphasizing intimate vocals, acoustic guitar, orchestral instruments, and the rhythm section of a rock band.   Argentinian producer, Nahuel Bronzini arranged the record, instilling a range of American rock, country, and folk influences, coupled with the classical traditions honed in his formal training. Bronzini is a popular producer and string arranger in the Bay Area, and produced John's last two records.   

Trump has pissed off entire countries, now he is pissing off the members of his own party.

Legerdemain is the true story that takes Jim Heaphey through the alleyways and bathhouses of Casablanca, the exotic Arabian Nights-like Fair in Marrakesch, the settings of the privileged in Cairo and the hillside villages of Cyprus. The story unveils the workings of MI6, the CIA, French Security Force, the Moassad and the KGB. In so doing, the story brings to the reader an understanding of the Islamist mind and sets the stage for the affairs of the Twenty-First Century.

Founded by Frédéric L’Épée in 2002 (previously founder of the bands Shylock in the 70's and Philharmonie in the 90's), Yang is an instrumental quartet which compositions melt guitar counterpoints, odd time signatures, New Music with a hint of oriental modes all together with a powerful rock pulse.   Their new opus, “The Failure of Words”, is a touchstone in Yang's evolution. This album, unlike the others, aims no more to sound like in live situation but is a musical process itself. The idea behind the project was to express the inability, as human beings, to really communicate with our species, always experiencing conflict, disharmony and delusion. Only art, love, are able to convey our deepest feelings and ideas. Words failed us.

I always send out a request for ideas for topics. This one,,,,, Trump gets great news..... now Dems own it.   What Russians, or do you mean the ones Hillary approved the sale of 20% of our uranium reserves to, and right after Bill got a $500K gig to travel to Moscow....   How about instead.... the debt ceiling, the Reid Rule comes back to bite Demoncrits, parsing 'wiretap' into Team Trump was surveilled and some body high up knew and approved it on Team Obama.... you know.... the same people who told you 'why I just heard about Hillary's server in the news just like you did.....when all along the IShole was communicating with her under a 'pen name'.....   Oh.... and why wouldn't we believe Trump when he says he, his family, team, etc were survielled? Wasn't it Obama and Clinton who told us a youtube video caused Benghazi? These same people tried to rig the Israeli election against Bibi....   I

It has been another busy week in the world of Trump. A budget proposal that both sides hate, Spicy pissing off the brits, and Trupcare floundering. Still, the good news is that he is spenping the weekend at his private club Mar-a-largo.

Andrew Scotchie & the River Rats formed in Asheville NC as a street busking project in late 2011. Revered for their high energy live shows, dynamic musicianship & Scotchie's larger than life stage presence, the band has continued to craft their hard driving style of rock & blues and are dedicated to building their musical family everywhere they go. Consistent studio recordings, year round touring, earnest songwriting & sharing show bills with legends such as Sonny Landreth, Blind Boys of Alabama, Drivin N Cryin and Bettye Lavette has made Andrew Scotchie & the River Rats one of the industry’s must-watch bands.   

Where to start. Wire taps. Pence on AOL. Sessions and the Ruskies.

When music trends pander to the lowest common denominator, the real rebellion discards formulas and charts a stubbornly individualistic path. That's where we find Schooltree on their second release, Heterotopia: forging a new standard in sonic storytelling and taking us through cracks in the sidewalk into other worlds.   The story Four years in the making, Heterotopia is a symphonic odyssey through a dystopian dreamworld: a 100-minute double record in the tradition of ambitious concept albums like The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway and Quadrophenia.

An interview with publisher Don Bracken about his expansion plans for History Publishing.

Progressive Rock ensemble APE SHIFTER will be releasing their self-titled debut album in March 2017! APE SHIFTER is all instrumental and reaches from rockin' 70's riffs played with punk rock ferocity to creeping metal grooves. Intense Simian Instrumental Rock from the nasty pits of the Hellabrunn Zoo.   Born on Friday the 13th in Washington, D.C. and raised in Laurel, Maryland, Jeff Aug is a cool underground guitarist who lives at the foothills of the Alps in Southern Germany for the last 18 years.  He has toured with Allan Holdsworth, Soft Machine, Johnny A., Albert Lee, and has performed shows with Jawbox, Shudder To Think, and Ice-T & Bodycount with his old band.  He's worked with John Stabb from Government Issue, has been touring and recording with Anne Clark for the last 10+ years, and has been touring as a solo guitarist for the last 20+ years. Jeff can also be heard on the Atari Teenage Riot album “Is This Hyperreal?” (Dim Mak Records / Digital Hardcore Records). Jeff is also a Guinness™ world re

The Trumpification of the US is now 22 days old. The major british bookmaker Ladbrooks, is offering 'evens' that Trump will be impeached or resign withing his first term.  Nancy DeVos may have gobs of money, but that does not seem to keep the teachers happy. Flynn has some memory problems about what he did or did not say to Russia. Oh and his head whipping boy Robin Townly, an NSC senior director for Africa and a former Marine, was denied access remains unclear. But his departure appears to be another problem for Flynn roughly two months into the job as President Trump’s top adviser on national security issues.