Funk comes in many guises. A smokey room. Bad cooking. Smelly socks. All funky. Our preferred method of receiving the funk: bass guitar. In episode 6 of Soulville we balance on some serious platforms and stomp the serious funk into your brainbox. If we ca

Rising from the murky depths of the Puget Sound comes a sound that at one time record executives, A&R men and mallrats called grunge. We, at The Balcony, will not call it grunge. It is flannel rock. Here in Lesson 85 of the 101 Series we focus on the labe

Alright, people . . . it is time to get ourselves together. Look busy, man. Jah is coming. Here it is, episode 6 of our testament to the music of the island, Songs From the Yard. Roll up a spleef, crack that bottle of Red Stripe, it's time for some fuckin

Once upon a time there was a song that said, "What are words for when no one listens anymore?". Here in The Balcony we completely understand that sentiment. And so with lesson 84 in the 101 Series we take our metaphoric pencil and erase the words - or mos

Alright, jerks. You know what it's time for. Oh, you don't? Then, get the fuck out . . . It's time for Sock Rockin' Beats, our tribute to ringing ears and sprained necks. This is the sixth time we've done it. And by done it we mean play all the songs that

Not every bloodline is gold. For every Frank Sinatra, we have a Frank Sinatra, Jr.; for every John Lennon, a Sean Lennon. But, every once in a while . . . talent is in the genes. In Lesson 83 of the 101 Series we keep it in the family and feature bands ma

Once again, we wonder off into the smokey world of shellac . . . For the sixth time we drop the needle in the groove in our vinyl-only show, Off The Wall. In this episode we focus on one 3-record set called The Music People. It's a collection of artists

Few places on earth are and were worth making a pilgrimage to . . . Mecca . . . the pyramids . . . the Great Wall . . . One of them, probably the most important, is no longer a place you can physically travel to: CBGB. In Lesson 82 of the 101 Series we t

You know who really loves long songs? The DJ. The overnight guy puts on "Hotel California" or "The End" or "Stairway" because that gives him enough time to go take a leak and smoke a j. We at The Balcony want to continue said tradition. Here's our sixth t

There are so many things you can say about radio. The sound of static and a mis-dialed station can't be replicated on a DSL line. Also, someone once said "Radio is a heartbreak." That same someone then got the idea to write a song or two about it. And so