Normally during this week, many Dallasites would be making the trek down to Austin for SXSW week. Yes, the festival is still happening, but only as an online event. That means Austin likely has no packed hotels and motels, no ridiculous amount of traffic and foot traffic, and no venues with people packed in like […]
Unless if you’ve been living under a rock. you have probably heard about the two COVID related mandates issued by Governor Abbott. These mandates, which go into effect Wednesday, deal with business capacity, and the other with masks in public. The first part allows all business to operate at 100% capacity. I will admit that […]
Foreword from The Ghost: Last year, I reached out to Noelle Hampton of The Belle Sounds, asking for recommendations for albums and singles to buy on Bandcamp Friday. She sent me a list of recommendations that due to time issues, I did not get to publish. Ms. Hampton sent me a new list of recommendations […]
It’s been a little over a year since America learned of its first COVID death. The following year has been hard for pretty much everyone on both a personal and financial note. Some industries, however, have found their livelihoods more impacted by the pandemic than others. Those in the music and artistic communities have been […]
I do realize that many of y’all will not get to pay the normal level of attention to these ten tracks. That’s what being without power or internet in the midst of the coldest Dallas weather in The Ghost’s lifetime will do. Fortunately, these ten songs will not suffer from hypothermia if you don’t listen […]
The Ghost hopes everyone is staying warm this Monday, and please stay off the roads if at all possible. This winter weather is nothing to play around with. I figure that my readers need something to help keep them warm. While I cannot do anything to help your levels of physical warmth, perhaps this playlist […]
It’s true that The Ghost has not recorded any new episodes of GOBL Radio so far this year. That will likely not change until sometime in March. Let’s not forget, though, that GOBL Radio is far from the only show on the station. For starters, you can listen to DJ Crash’s Beyond Punk show every […]
I’ll keep this brief, as there’s so much that will be going on within the next 24 hours. There are two new releases, however, that I felt compelled to share. The first is from Edgar Derby, who will be releasing a new album next month. Based on the samples I’ve heard, Dancing in Death/The Place […]
“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.” – Martin Luther King, Jr. It is a quote that has been running through my mind a lot lately, and even more so since the events of January 6th. Those words have served as an anchor to my mind, helping me not […]
It took a bit of digging, but I found ten cool brand new songs released in 2021 worthy of your attention. The weather may be cool, but not as cool as these songs. I begin the list with a joyful tune that Ellen Once Again dropped on New Year’s Day. After all the chaos we […]