Another installment of Mike reading through his collection of musician want ads from the fringes. Includes the song "Waiting."Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
To Sleep, Perchance To DreamA gig playing music for a theatrical troupe brings Mike a vivid dream, a song and an actress named Rose. Includes the song Come Hither.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Mars Needs Drummers, Volume 1Part of being a musician is searching for a gig. Mike looks at some of his favorite real life ads from the musicians classifieds. Includes the song Get It Gone.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
A Stand At The CrossroadsMike meets the devil, complete with a dental drill, and has a mighty tough time passing on what looks like a hell of a deal. Includes the song Bedrock.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Rum and RuminationA bit of flowing consciousness as Mike wrings out some smoky blues from his battered Strat and grouses about earning a living doing it. An emotional flow turns into a little venting about music production in the Brave New World before reaching the station with a song called Big Oil Blues.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Home Is Where The Heat IsStruggling for soul and solvency in the self-proclaimed Live Music Capital Of The World, Mike lets off a little steam until a chance encounter and a bandleader's count-in raise some hair on his forearms. Includes a full-length version of "Sixth Street Blues" - a paean to Austin's nightclub district.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Drummers and Other MayhemDrummers - you can't live with them and you can't cut them up and sell them for spare parts. Our hero tries to fill in a sudden vacancy in the band for a gig and lucks into a drummer displaced by Hurricane Katrina. Features the song "New Orleans to Austin" and a soundtrack of some of Austin's best musicians. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Bringing Home The BaconWe meet our hero and ride along for a wedding gig at a country club. Afterwards, Mike stops to sit in with some friends at a blues joint on the East side. Features a harmonica-driven shuffle called "Harp Attack." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
When Jonny Comes Marching HomeMike has a chance encounter over a lunch counter at his restaurant day job, a few words of exchanged Arabic and a late night encounter with war on the home front. Includes a complete version of the song "She My Upright," which is fueled by some rollicking boogie woogie piano and a blistering Texas roadhouse rhythm section. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website