Chicago’s O’Hare International airport became the launching pad for You Tube’s newest video sensation. Just posted this past Tuesday (July7, 2009) on the same day as Michael Jackson’s Los Angeles memorial, the song United Break Guitars by Canadian musician Dave Carroll has already had over 2 million views.
When Dave Carroll, a member of the folk [...]
I wanted to let everyone know that I just lost my virginity a few moments ago on Twitter by posting my first Tweet, and feel free to follow me there if you would like. Click on this link www.twitter.com/skafish to sign up!
The challenge for me is going to be to try and say something worthwhile [...]
Could you imagine being arguably the biggest band in the world, and having your own record company leak your album in advance? If you’re U2, you won’t have to imagine it – it just happened. Apparently, the Australian leg of U2’s label, Universal, actually leaked the new U2 album, No Line on the Horizon, to [...]
I got a surprise email in December 2008 from someone who used to come to my shows during the Chicago club days of the 1970’s. He let me know that he had this tape of Skafish from 8-29-1977, which is a live bootleg recorded from the soundboard at Ratso’s in Chicago. It was [...]
My mother never wanted me to be an insane over the top rock ‘n’ roller. Of course not. What mother would? Instead, she wanted me to be a non-threatening classical virtuoso musician, with a few show tunes thrown in for good measure. This I could do in my sleep. However, performing other people’s music, whether [...]
The new SKAFISH CD, What’s This? 1976-1979 is officially released today, April 1, 2008. I remember when someone emailed me weeks ago on My Space and asked me if this new release just might be my little diabolical April Fool’s Joke! I sent back a strong no, no, no — of course not! I wouldn’t [...]
A big wonderful divine hello to all of you punk and punkettes in cyberspace, your own space, here in Skafish Blog space and any space for that matter!
I wanted to let you know about my new CD What’s This? 1976-1979. What a labor of loving childbirth it has been! 11 original studio recordings, 9 of which are previously [...]