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I have always put on house shows, wherever I have lived, but I never documented them. My favorite show was long ago when I lived in Echo Park, and Kraig Grady and Erin Barnes played their home-made zithers and just-intoned metallophones, which are xylophones with super hero powers. The vibrations made people hang off doors, and pieces of the ceiling splashed into the punch.

At some point we understood that special shows were happening in our living room, and we began recording them. In early 2019, this podcast was born. Clay Chaplin records the musicians; I make some food and batten down the hatches, and then we both interview the artists after the night is done. Here’s what we have so far.

Ep 1 Stephanie Cheng Smith violin and electronics, in a beautiful and kind of creepy composition
Ep 2 Kat & Ben (Shuman and Finley) voice and acoustic bass, the stuff of angels
Ep 3 Chaplin Lockie Shahab Trio prepared piano viola harpsichord…and shadows on the ceiling
Ep 4 Feeney Chaplin Sumner such patient improvisations
Ep 5 Liam Mooney triangles…triangles…triangles
Ep 6 Stoop (Steven Van Betten and Cooper Wolken) inspiration beyond belief
Ep 7 Erika Bell mournful pop ballads but not with I-IV-V’s
Ep 8 Cari Stevens fricking amazing singer/songwriter
Ep 9 Daniel Brummel & Emily Lacy ambient stuff in lovely harmony
Ep 10 Heather Lockie & Laura Steenberge old old old folk songs, done new
Ep 11 Matt Barbier the cool beatings of trombone and pre-recorded tones
Ep 12 Ghost Ensemble, or part of. NY improvisations
Ep 13 Vinny Golia and his giant horns, talk to us!