"RADIO NAPALM" Podcast # 4 up at Mixcloud Radio!

Irregulars! The newly reanimated "RADIO NAPALM" juggernaut continues apace! Yes, Ed, Scooter and I got sidetracked by the shenanigans of projected guest co-host Kim Jong Un (the rotten bastard!), but we were finally able to deliver the latest blast of Punk Boss Radio goodness to you this past Saturday. AND IT'S STREAMING NOW! AND ANY TIME YOU WANT TO HEAR IT! AT MIXCLOUD RADIO!

This episode: Killer newness from David Bowie, The Strypes, and Wild Billy Childish! A fistful of goldens from Iggy And The Stooges, Slaughter And The Dogs, and The Louvin Brothers! All the screamin', echoin', comical madness you can eat! And surgically altered classic jingles and vintage commercials! In other words: An average day in The Garage for "RADIO NAPALM!" WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? OPEN UP YOUR SPEAKERS WIDE AND DIG!!!!

"RADIO NAPALM" Podcast # 4, 5-11-13 by "Radio Napalm" W/Tim Napalm on Mixcloud

"RADIO NAPALM" Podcast # 3 is on the air NOW! At Mixcloud Radio!

Irregulars, we've been on-the-air with the 3rd episode of the "RADIO NAPALM" Podcast for 24 hours now. Yeah, I suck - I shoulda been more on top of informing you. My apologies.

But...you CAN still click that handy link below, IF YOUR HEART CAN STAND IT!!! We've got new music and classics both from Iggy And The Stooges, UK Subs, and The Replacements; new hits from The Lovesores (featuring Scott "Deluxe" Drake and Jeff Fieldhouse of The Humpers), School Jerks, Pink Smoke, and Kid Congo And The Pink Monkey Birds; classics from The Nuns, The Sex Pistols, Television Personalities, and The Undertones. Plus all the screaming, echo, and vintage commercials and jingles you can eat! And Ed The Engineer, Scooter my dimwit assistant, and I get into all manner of wacky hi-jinks, despite my inability to devise a plot line this week! 

So, click that link, open your speakers, and WAIL, baby! What are you waiting for? C.L. of Austin, TX., says "Awesome podcast, goes great with coffee." Hell, "RADIO NAPALM" boosts your coffee's caffeine efficiency by 500%!! CAN YOUR HEART STAND IT?!!

"RADIO NAPALM" with your host, Tim Napalm (Podcast # 3, 4/13/13) by "Radio Napalm" W/Tim Napalm on Mixcloud

Bringin' It All Back Home

Isn't she lovely? Cabinet aside, which was a gift, the rig is all mine. And every last bit was earned via writing.

I'm ink-stained again, friends.

I know it doesn't look like it, but this is supposed to be me hard at work.

Many of you know this already, if you're a Facebook friend or Twitter follower. But my rock journalist side has been fully reactivated. I'm back with the paper that, alongside Alternative Press, was my home in the '90s, The Austin Chronicle. I've been pumping out a hellacious amount of work there over the last month, which I'll link you to if you haven't seen it:

"Do I know this guy?" Chief True Believer Alejandro Escovedo and I, Feb. 2013 (pic: Todd Wolfson)

One Big Guitar - a big feature on the return of beloved Austin rock 'n' roll institution the True Believers.

"Do I know this guy?" Iggy And The Stooges guitar hero James Williamson visits after their SXSW set. (pic: Pokechoppums)

Blog on Iggy And The Stooges' return to SXSW, plus my review of their showcase, which I rate as one of the greatest gigs I've seen, and I feel my review is some of the best writing I've done.

Interviews with The Specials and Kid Congo Powers.

Reviews of showcases by The Enemy, Billy Joe Shaver and Alejandro Escovedo. 

In addition, my work at Rock 'n' Roll Dating continues apace, with this recent chat with the great Mike Watt. 

Be prepared for tons more writing, radio, and rockin' in the coming months. Yes, you read correctly: Rockin'. The appearance of that rig above means I shall soon be reforming The Hormones with a new lineup, and be back to rockin' a punk rock pisshole near you. Stay tuned.

"Do I know this chord?" Okay, I know - the joke's getting old now....  (pic: Michael Adams)

Meantime, check out this interview Chuck at Apathy Trend did with me! Damn, if that boy knows how to ask a great question. doesn't he?

Oh, yeah. And Happy Easter....

A James Williamson guitar lesson!

Oh, you kids don't know how good you have it! In my day, I had to stand over a turntable (that thing we used to listen to music on - yeah, kinda the iPod of our time! Pay attention!) and play Raw Power at half-speed, guitar in hand, to try and figure out the savage six-string stranglin's James Williamson was emanating. But thanks to a School Of Rock in Michigan (home state of Iggy And The Stooges, obviously), you can now learn directly from the master himself how to properly  bash out "Search And Destroy!" (And I emphasize "properly": Turns out there have been certain nuances I've gotten wrong this whole time....) So, whaddaya waitin' for? Grab your Les Paul, set the amp controls to "stun," and watch Straight James give you the straight dope on "Search And Destroy!"