From Raging to Watching

Tom Morello is...the Nightwatchman, an observant, acoustic guitar-strumming character that you might find in a coffeehouse singing songs that Billy Bragg could have penned. It's a different image than the buzz-sawing guitar slinger behind Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave.
He's not raging quite as boisterously as in years past, but the Harvard-educated social and political activist puts a quieter brand of protest on ONE MAN REVOLUTION. Sam and I chatted with Tom yesterday. We'll share that conversation with you on the TMD Morning Show next week. Find out if that Rage reunion at Coachella was a one-time event.


More later on an amazing talent with quite a moving back story: Raul Midon. Peace for now.


Erik

Where Has Paula Gone?

That's the question many music fans have been asking for years. Paula Cole's talents and intentions have always moved me personally. When I worked out west in the 90's, I started spinning her debut HARBINGER right away. It's her unwavering honesty in lyrics that take anybody whose awkward teenage years that give songs like I'M SO ORDINARY and BETHLEHEM such resonance for any generation. Then, of course, there's the often misunderstood cowboy song that got her the Best New Artist Grammy and that tune that a certain teen tv show played during every episode. But Paula disappeared from the music scene for eight years. We'll find out why Thursday at 9am on the TMD Morning Show. Tune in. Hope the weather is going to be fantastic for Preakness. Peace.

Erik

PS. More on The Nightwatchman later.