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@KarinaRykman talks about writing a sad song: "Where You At?" Unfortunately, as she says, it slaps. youtu.be/jP8fD5l6hmg

@KarinaRykman talks about her early days playing in other people's bands to touring with @MarcoBenevento to fronting her own trio youtu.be/jP8fD5l6hmg

"This is the journey: let it burn." -@KarinaRykman, "Balcony" youtu.be/jP8fD5l6hmg

@KarinaRykman waxes philosophical about the nature of a Late Checkout (the name of her new LP) and a Joyride (her first) youtu.be/jP8fD5l6hmg

Tim Newby (@Tim_Newby9), a new friend and fellow writer, is hosting a 25th anniversary O Brother, Where Art Thou? tribute Friday 10/9 at Cult Classic Brewing on Kent Island. The whole soundtrack, front to back. cultclassicbrewing.com/event/o-brothe…

Episode 18 is @KarinaRykman: the death crack in the van, writing Late Checkout with Gabe Monro, tracking live at the Barn, finishing at DFA, and how her first sad song connects to System of a Down’s “Mr. Jack.” youtu.be/jP8fD5l6hmg

Episode 18 is @KarinaRykman: the death crack in the van, writing Late Checkout with Gabe Monro, tracking live at the Barn, finishing at DFA, and how her first sad song connects to System of a Down’s “Mr. Jack.” youtu.be/jP8fD5l6hmg

“It's one of the honors of my life to be able to play next to him.” Gary Dann on Pablo Batista. youtu.be/7sCx_4tawGE

Gary Dann on Worldtown Soundsystem: “126 BPM for like two hours, like just full on, like good house dance party.” youtu.be/7sCx_4tawGE

They come in at 17 from Philly’s gospel church scene. “And then a year later, you see them playing stadiums.” Gary Dann on Philly’s backup musicians. youtu.be/7sCx_4tawGE

Most jam sessions find four chords and fade out. At Music Church, Gary Dann got strangers writing actual songs, “sometimes literally like 20 strangers all playing at the same time.” youtu.be/7sCx_4tawGE

Before big tours, Billy Paul locked out Gary Dann’s studio for a week at a time. “I'd get to just sit and watch Billy Paul do Prince songs.” youtu.be/7sCx_4tawGE

A Craigslist jam, a singer who knew Doodlebug, a few years recording his raps in a two-bedroom apartment – and then Gary Dann was drumming behind @digableplanets in 15 countries. youtu.be/7sCx_4tawGE

Gary Dann was told “you can't build a studio here” – under the El, across from @kungfunecktie. Fifteen years of The Boom Room later, on Sept. 16 the zoning board approved it to host events. youtu.be/7sCx_4tawGE

Lebo met his ALO bandmates Zach Gill and Steve Adams in 7th grade, in a California orchard town Apple was slowly paving over. Thirty-plus years later, they're still a band. #jamband

Lebo and Matt talk about following your heart when making hard decisions — including Matt's "30 years later" test. #mindset

Lebo on the Van Halen kinship he can't explain: the urge to take a guitar apart just to see what happens, even if you ruin it. #vanhalen

Lebo and Matt talk about the flow state. You're not perfect — you're just in it, and everything is right. #flow

Lebo: "The imperfection is where the human part lies." The Rolling Stones tried to sound like Muddy Waters and never quite could — that's why they sound like themselves. #musicphilosophy

Lebo preps like it's an exam. Then at 7:59:59, as he walks over the threshold onto the stage, he surrenders all of it. That's where the flow zone lives: doing the work, then letting go of it. #improvisation