friends, Romans, countrymen--
friends, Romans, countrymen--
Creston Lea -Wild Punch |
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| crestonlea.com | better read than dead |
Musicians / Bands |
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| Will Johnson | All Around the Water Tank |
| John Murry | The pajama kid |
| The Pretenders | It seems everybody's a Pretender these days |
| Steve McCormick | mics, guitars, amps, Steve, studio... |
| State Radio | Afri-Can Boyd |
| Jefferson Pitcher | Presidential bearing |
| The Evens | Get even |
| Sugar Mountain | 5panish Fandango |
| TV On The Radio | You look so good, I wanna put you on a plate and slop you up with a biscuit. |
| The Mammals | Hot Buttered Nuts |
| Konrad Meissner | Konrad plays drums |
| Zack Hickman | don't give a damn 'bout my ill reputation |
| Tony Gilkyson | Good[bye] Guitar |
| Tim Bluhm | skinny singer |
| The Mother Hips | Tim Bluhm + |
| Laura Cantrell | People Are Right |
| Eric Heywood | Weekend in LA |
| Johnny Cunningham | Uncle Johnny's memorial site |
| The Court And Spark | Sugarpine Bed |
| Tom Heyman | book smart |
| Bottle Rockets | Something secret / stupid / exciting is always afoot in the Creston Electric lab for Brian Henneman. |
| Jim Roll | orange you glad I didn't say banana? |
| Jay Farrar | Mellow down easy when you really wanna blow your top. |
| Chuck Prophet | Goodbye, porkpie hat / go to blazers. |
| Lowell Thompson | Lowell Thompson, Inca emporer |
| Heloise | Heloise, featuring James Bellizia and his lovely Creston Electric guitar. Unstoppable. |
| The Submarines | subs are sneaky |
| Jess Ivry | Oakland, CA's cello darling. Formerly of Bauhaus AND Journey. |
| TENDER KREASE | Increase the Krease! He designed the CEI logo and smoked the competition |
| starline rhythm boys | Hatch Show Princes |
| Steve Hadeka | Neil Diamond fan, always early. |
| Adam Snyder | more Kingston than Tom Dooley |
| Russ Lawton | Russ Lawton is the best drummer. |
| Missy Bly | Mrs. Bly |
| Jimmy Ryan | lefty loosey |
| Mark Spencer | The perfect ratio of Jesco to Elvis. |
| Neil Cleary | Son of a nun! |
| Ryan Power | Beautiful music recorded in a 10'x10' seafood kitchen |
| The Cush | pastoral psyche from Texas / Vermont. Gabby makes good use of her butterscotch blonde guitar. |
| Death Vessel | way up high |
| The Figgs | the best band I've ever seen every time I've ever seen them (like a million) |
| Anders Parker | a beard like Rio Grande Mud-era Dusty Hill |
| Buck Owens | my favorite restauranteur / Playgirl model. I'm still seeking a few Don Rich-era Buckaroos records, so help me out. UPDATE: he's dead now. RIP, Buck Owens. |
| James Walbourne | You'll turn everybody's head today, the envy of all we survey. |
Instruments |
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| Parsons Machine Shop / Stringbender | Gene Parsons! Sweetheart, innovator, originator. Look no further. |
| Lollar pickups and guitars | I use these |
| Paul Languedoc | I ask him questions. |
| Froggy Bottom Guitars | feelin kinda froggy |
| Missing Washer | .50" i.d. washers for your Carling and Switchcraft switches. Amazing. |
| ThunderTomate | Boosts of Spanish Pleasure. ĦI'm a usuario! |
| El Infiernito Guitar Shop | I never been to Spain, but I kinda like the music stores |
| Deaf Eddie | without Deaf Eddie as a wiring advisor, I'd be stuck making acoustic guitars. dig his switches. |
| TV Jones | I use these, too |
| Campanella Strings | Joe Cleary's beautiful mandolins and violins. He lives in Burlington and is very patient with my questions about varnish and frets. |
| Killer Vintage | Killer Vintage - St Louis, MO to the world |
| Bill Bonanzinga | Get in line. |
| Studio Slips | Susan Bendinelli makes the best soft cases for cabs, amps, pedalboards, etc. Plus, she's lapsteel friendly. She does great, tight-fitting custom work, too. |
Labels / Radio / Venues / Studios |
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| Hello Pretty City | Laura Glazer's hit parade - a nice woman with a nice ear |
| Radio Bean | it's a good thing Radio Bean is there |
| Tarquin Studios | deluxe reverb |
| Strangeways | named after a smiths record named after a prison? I am pro-Daryl. |
| Pepperbox Studio | high on a mountaintop |
| WFMU | even though some of my favorite DJs are gone now, I'm sure there's a good reason to link to WFMU |
| Fin Records | Ein, Fine, Fin |
Art |
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| Scott Lenhardt | Rupert whittler. |
| DH Phillips | triple threat awesome. save something for the rest of us, why don't you? |
| James Bellizia | Little monster |
| Adam Ogilvie | Adam and I once got struck by the same lightning bolt - for real. |
| Karin Schaefer | big sister |
| Paige Russell | Canadarling |
| Jenny Belin | tres animal |
| plaid voyeurism project | On the trail of the buffalo |
| Champlain Metals | coal forged Bigsby handles, et al |
| Mark Allen | man CAN live on Piels alone |
| Machine Project | Mark Allen will bury you alive and then exhume you in time for a soldering lesson |
| Liz Leggett | I dig Liz. Put a tiger in / on your tank. |
| Taxter & Spengemann | Emeritus drummer flogs fine art in Chelsea. Always worth a look. |
| Sarah Ryan | beautiful |
| American Elf | good in daily doses, curative with longterm exposure |
| Alexis Ann McKenzie | these, I like |
| Abby Manock | wheat free, fast-paced |
| James Kochalka Superstar | When Frampton comes alive, one of us must die. |
Movies |
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| Nice Bombs | what Iraq is like. |
| How's Your News? | my cousin's movie about baseball shirts |
| Bright Eye Pictures | My old pal Jim Haverkamp's documenatry machine. |
| Dreamlike Pictures | Art Bell is a nice fellow. Listen for The Cush, The Smittens, and Jason Cooley in his films. |
| Cicala Filmworks | I look like the creepy guy in C-O-N-F-E-S-S, but it's actually my brother |
| Stamen Media | Magic Bullet! I'd trust Pistol with my life, to say nothing of your crappy movie. |
Planned Parenthood of Northern New England |
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| Planned Parenthood of Northern New England | PPNNE sees 61,500 patients a year, subsidizes over $10 million in services for people who can't afford the price of healthcare, and fights for your rights at the Supreme Court. Who else does that? You should give them some help. |
Print |
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| Turtle Point Press | read me |
| ABBYABBY | FABRICFABRIC |
| Lunch Encounter | Lisa Cherkasky eats some sandwiches |
| Dartmouth Dante Project | Get R Dante |
| Vermont Road Conditions | Currently, my favorite website |
| The Dublin Review | Brendan Barrington's excellent literary magazine. |
| Zoe Ink | beautiful letterpress and silkscreen stationary made by my friend Zoe |
| Sydney Lea | you could learn a lot from him. I sure have. |
| quemadura | the little door slides back and reveals my pal |
| Sesshu Foster's 'Aztex' | Sesshu, a bad-ass nice guy. |
| Open City | Open City published the shortest story I ever wrote. Check issue 12. |