#205 - Palmetto Bugs & Michael Juan Nunez | Three for Thursday | News With Nick: Detour
Jay is at the beach and that means we get our annual check in with Michael Weddington! This year we have three topics to cover with Michael:
-The Florida wood cockroach, or palmetto bug, is a large cockroach species found in the South and can grow between 30-40mm. Jay really dislikes them.
-Louisiana blues artist Michael Juan Nunez blew Michael away at this year’s New Orleans Jazz Fest. While the Louisiana Music Factory is currently out of stock (still the greatest record shop on the East Coast, in Michael’s opinion), he found his music online and brings it to us today.
-In most of Jay’s memories, Michael is wearing a Grateful Dead tee shirt, so Jay was extremely excited to catch up with him at beach week this year and talk about his own new obsession. While he wore the tee shirts, and obtained them at Dead shows, Michael’s love for the Dead stops there. He just liked the scene… but as far as the music, he’s on the record as being “casually enthusiastic”.
Songs:
Michael Juan Nunez - “Lemonade”
Michael Juan Nunez - “Rouxsta”
Greg brings us a brand new Three For Thursday. Alex G is an eclectic indie artist that’s been picking up steam this past year (thanks for the recommendation Zoya!). Aphex Twin has a new album coming out at the end of July and his single is worthy of a listen. Last up, Alan Holdsworth is one of Greg’s favorites and bookends the segment quite nicely.
Songs:
Alex G - “Gretel” & “Runner”
Aphex Twin - “Blackbox Life Recorder 21F/in a room F760”
Allan Holdsworth - “Zarabeth”
It was a busy week for Nick & a slow week for music news (plus Nick is still pumped about his new theme song), so this week we get “News With Nick: De-Tour” It’s a new game with similar rules to most of the other games… Contestants are presented with a true story from the life of an artist on tour this week and they must choose the right artist from the options provided.
Song: Raffy Bushman - “Silver Lines”