Spitball Army

Damn! I missed it…the Josh Ritter Live at the Artists’ Den already aired on Ovation. If, like me, you missed it, it will re-air on February 21st. Here’s a clip (courtesy of ovationtv.com):

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Late last year the fearless Josh Ritter took up residence in the L.A. County Natural History Museum’s North American Mammal Hall and played a live set with his band. The animals, while providing a primal setting with their presence, were unmoved and unmovable (because they’re stuffed, taxidermised!). Nevertheless, Josh & co. roared through a rockin’ live show that was filmed and will be broadcast on Ovation TV at the end of this month.

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I’ve got a pile of these lists, going back decades, and it’s sometimes an unwelcome jolt to see the music I was championing back then. Other times, it’s the trigger that forces out a barely audible “Aw,” then a scramble to find that recording I haven’t heard in ten years.

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Shortly after announcing, on 1 November 2007, the closing of Laser’s Edge Compact Discs, I was invited into the studios of public radio station WBHM to discuss my thoughts on my business and the business of music. Program Director Michael Krall (who maintains a blog with criminal infrequency here) asked me the questions.

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To his way of thinking, Laser’s Edge reached a peak of sorts on Halloween, during an in-store performance with singer-songwriter Josh Ritter. Although artists ranging from Diana Krall to the Blind Boys of Alabama have played mini-concerts tucked into corners of Laser’s Edge (which has a total of 1,500 square feet), none of them had quite the poignant charm of Ritter’s late-night set.

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