This site is one of the best out there for bringing great music to people’s attention around the world. There is always an accent on real american music (even if it’s being performed by others), be it rootsy rockabilly, garage, power-pop, punk rock, surf, psychedelic, real blues, soul, r+b, folk rock, country rock, tex-mex, western swing, 60’s pop, zydeco and just plain rock ‘n’ roll. It was really nice to see them recognize our stuff along with all of these great artists. Check them out and at the very least learn something about the history of some great musical styles.

This is where I  got the idea for the new site. It’s a great site that showcases new talent and new releases. They really have good taste in the pop vein and are very unpredictable and worthwhile in their recommendations. This was done right after we agreed in principle to release a career retrospect. The CD’s final title will be “We Rocked and Rolled: The First 25 Years With Jim Basnight, the Moberlys and Beyond”. The label will be Disclosed. The reason it’s taken so long is mostly legal stuff, but it should be out in the next month or so. It will definitely further our music and get the live show out there. This band and show right now are really making it happen.

If you like great power-pop and pop rock, you’ve got to check out Bill’s Music Forum. They recently did two nice review pieces on our stuff, including this one on “Seattle-NY-LA”. They also did a nice one on the Rockinghams “Makin’ Bacon”. I really like Bill’s tastes. He’s all over the map, which is something that fit’s most great artists. Why just do one thing over and over, especially from album to album? Great work Bill.

I was looking at this the other day and it was very nice of Andy to do such a full and detailed interview with me back in late July. Seattle Powerpop Blog is world class and deserves note as a great source of info on a scene that is not known for powerpop, but really should have been and like the NW sound of the 60’s may someday. Similar articles on some of my favorite Seattle artists like the Heats, Braden Blake, Green Pajamas, Harvey Danger, Kim Warnick, Presidents of the USA, Steve Turner, The Cowboys and The Sonics show excellent understanding of the local history. They’ve also done well with features on bands from out of town like my personal faves the Flamin’ Groovies, The Modernettes, Iggy Pop, Material Issue, The Replacements and other interesting and challenging topics like the Paul Lynde Fan Club. Very good site.

Nice review of “Sexteen”, with mention of my friend Jimmy Garcia with whom I spent a lot of great times with in LA. Kick Out The Jams is a cool rock and roll web site that covers a lot of great bands and tunes. Nice feature on the new book “Shake Some Action” by my Orange County bud John Borack who gave me and the Moberlys a couple of great mentions in it. John also did some very nice reviews of “Pop Top” and a cassette comp that I put out in the early 90’s called “Retro”. He wrote a number of complimentay reviews of my stuff for a few publications including Goldmine back in the day.