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a good run

Friends, The Great Pumpkin ran for about four years from 2008 through 2012 and covered topics that ranged from music, food, Brooklyn, art, music/food/drinks/art all together and more. Personal projects have picked up, and I’m busy other places on the internet as well. You can find me in these places: Making cassettes with Mirror Universe [...]

Your Invited: a rock ‘n’ roll listening party with Tom and Tay!

Are you going to be in Charleston, SC over the Christmas Holiday? If so… You’re Invited! to a rock n’ roll listening party hosted your friends Tom Pavlich and Tay McNabb. Your other friend, Ryan Hendrick, will be serving drinks from behind the bar. When? Sunday, December 23rd from 9pm-2am. Where? The Tattooed Moose 1137 [...]

guide: helping Tunabunny in Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Tunabunny is headed to New York this week to celebrate their upcoming release, Genius Fatigue, and headline the Happy Happy Birthday To Me Records Showcase at Public Assembly (with gprecs favorites Ocra Team!). One thing I never really thought about was how intimidating it would be to be unfamiliar with the food in New York [...]

tasting: Leah Diehl of Lightning Love on Pop Tarts

What do Pop Tarts, Faygo, and Lightning Love all have in common?  Well, they are from Michigan and Leah Diehl and Ben Collins did a tasting of the first two (and Ben sampled some fine products from Budweiser and St. Peter’s as well)…i think in the state of Michigan.

interview: Nacho Cano of Twin Cabins

Nacho Cano is the mind behind Twin Cabins.  Nacho was born near Mexico City, but now resides in California and is attending CalArts.  I’m Sure is the debut album by Twin Cabins, and the product of many years of bedroom recordings and one that was well worth the wait.  During the hectic time leading up [...]

guide: Franklin Bruno of the Human Hearts on California’s Inland Empire

I was in college working at 52.5 Records, and had become obsessed with John Darnielle and the Mountain Goats when I discovered a little album released on Absolutely Kosher Records titled Martial Arts Weekend by The Extra Glenns. I quickly learned that the Extra Glenns was a collaboration between John Darnielle and Franklin Bruno.  This [...]

interview: Anna McCarthy of Dott

Dott is from Galway, Ireland and their first EP Buttons was released by Popical Island this past May.  Popical Island is a Dublin based pop collective that throws shows, and releases music (they have two great compilations for free download, and a new up that can be streamed.  These comps feature the likes of So Cow,  No Monster Club, Patrick [...]

interview: Dwayne Cullen of Orca Team

Seattle’s Orca Team have a quite a summer lined up for themselves, and their journey begins right here in NYC for Pop Fest this coming weekend. They will be touring from the great state of Washington, making a stop off in the UK and Ireland for a little tour and the Indie Tracks festival, and [...]

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