personal blog since 2004
The audio blog of Soulcruzer aka Clay Lowe.
As we usher in another June, we find ourselves once again amidst #audiomo – a month-long celebration and challenge of harnessing audio as a medium for creative self-expression. I eagerly anticipate immersing myself in the wealth of #audiomo entries this year, ready to be inspired by the cool, diverse audio content that’s in store.
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OK. I’m feeling a little nostalgic tonight, and I’m in the mood to listen to some tunes. I’ve been firing on all cylinders today, and now I’m ready to let my hair down. I thought I’d be a bit frivolous tonight and share my 80’s music crushes. My Top Ten...
Everyone (or at least everyone with a Spotify account) is currently posting their 2022 music streaming activity on social media. Well, I thought I’d join in the fray and post my Spotify year-in-review highlights. Let’s start off with my number one listened to song on Spotify. It’s from the Venom...
“The first lesson a revolutionary must learn is that he is a doomed man.” Huey Newton Before I start, I need to thank @SMWGeek for writing The Album That Makes Me Love Autumn and Reflect on his blog yesterday as a part of our 30 Day Blog Challenge with @MrFresh....
I got the idea for this episode from Jimi Hendrix’s song “Voodoo Chile,” which is on his album “Electric Ladyland.” The song clocks in at 14 minutes and 59 seconds! It’s a monster track. Well, that got me thinking about other lengthy tracks that I love. I compiled a list...
“When Ugly Kid Joe sold their souls to the devil in the pursuit of rock ‘n’ roll they drove a harder bargain than Robert Johnson at the Crossroads. Not only did they trade their souls for over thirty years of globetrotting and metal extravagance. They also haggled to keep their...
I was fishing for a documentary to watch over coffee this morning. Not something I normally do, but it’s Saturday, and I’m down in Bristol waiting for the rest of the house to wake up before we get up to whatever we’re getting up today. I stumbled upon this mesmerizing...
Ah! The Halloween Special. As holidays go, I like Halloween! The ghost, the ghouls, the spooky stories…love it. And who doesn’t like dressing up as different characters? Here’s the playlist from MJ015 Bloodletting – Concrete Blonde Living Dead Girl – Rob Zombie Time Warp – The Rocky Horror Show Lil’...
Last night, I returned to my radio presenter roots in terms of the style of the show. I think I’ll hang out in that space going forward. I’ll keep the chat lively, but in the chatbox, not on the stream. Here’s the playlist from last night I Melt with You...
Something about the way the sun felt warming my face as I sat in the backyard listening to the noise drifting out of the high school made me think about the ’70s. Of course, I was only knee-high to a grasshopper then, but the ’70s are in my soul. It...
Sometimes we hold ourselves back out of fear of who might be watching us and how they’ll judge us based on what they see. We fear the judging eyes. To free yourself from this judgment, and therefore self-consciousness, try playing with these questions to identify the invisible eye that you...
I made this mixtape as a tribute to another fallen guitar hero – Eddie Van Halen.
We watched The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly last night. It’s one of the movies on the IMDB top 100 movies: Thought I’d spend some of my isolation time polishing off the IMDB Top 100 movies. The highlighted ones I’ve seen already. pic.twitter.com/qIHhshAZcM — Clay Lowe (@soulcruzer) April 1,...
It’s Friday. It’s raining. But we can still have fun. And even though it’s not quite beer-o’clock yet, I’m going to share with you my musical guilty pleasures! via GIPHY I’m almost afraid to admit this one… Tiffany – I Think We’re Alone Now Katy Perry – I Kissed a...
I could have gone on for a while digging through the one hit wonders of my listening journey, but I’ve limited myself to these 15 One Hit Wonders! #OneHitWonderDay What’s your favourite one hit wonders? C
Inspiration is wild. And it can come from anywhere, anytime. I literally stumbled upon this 1 min 20-sec video of the one and only Bootsy Collins explaining the power of The One and it lit my whole morning up. I’m sure I’ll be buzzing the rest of the day just...
Monday’s Musical Journey Show in case you missed it. “The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but...
Spotify.me can show you who you are through your music. Interesting. For instance, 75% of my music is energetic and is 68% of that is Rock music. And this is the playlist it suggested for me based of my musical listening habits:
My friend Sarah and I met for a coffee. We were both trying to figure out where the heck to go to next with the podcast we’ve been working on for nearly 2 years. It’s a habit now, one that we want to grow. I can think of worse habits...
After about an 18 month hiatus, The Musical Journey Show is back. I’ll be kicking off the reboot with a trip back to 1982 when all us MTV babies were discovering bands like Dexys Midnight Runners, Culture Club, Men at Work, Soft Cell, Duran Duran and others. Yet still rocking...
