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My old cohort, former roommate, and Saves the Day member Arun Bali celebrated one of his last nights as a Detroit resident by playing guest DJ with me as his going away party before moving to Nashville. There was plenty of good folk there, lots of songs about moving, and a lot of big hits. […]

This was a really fun night with some great folks – Fawn got creative with the “in the forest” theme and brought their own fake fire and sticks with marshmallows for s’mores to set the scene for their beautiful stripped down set. Matt Rickle led the charge behind the turntables with help from Christian and […]

Carey proclaimed that this was one of her all time favorite Tuesdays In the Forest. Michael and Stephen from Marco Polio and the New Vaccines are regulars on Tuesdays, and they brought lots of synth-driven records to compliment their El Topo-inspired live set. They didn’t start DJing with me til after their performance, so the […]

This entire night was Frank’s idea. After he put so much effort into making the “White Winter Wonderland” night in December a blast, Carey and I agreed that we should just have Frank host a night each season and see what he does with it. His spring event was a tiki theme, which I was […]

Only about 10 days before this night, Matt Porter contacted me on Facebook to see if I was available that night. We hadn’t spoken ever, but we’d shared a bill or two back in 1998 when he was a musician living in Michigan. Nowadays he’s a deejay living in Georgia, specializing in soul and r&b […]

When John Charnota suggested we have a pop night, and we both interpreted that word for ourselves. Ben Teague and James Anthony played an acoustic guitar / mandolin set as a welcome relief to our theme.  UNFORTUNATELY, my digital recording of the night had a glitch and nothing recorded. Digital fails again. Someone out there […]

Chris Koltay first joined me in the forest back in July, 2011, and we had such a good time that he told me to call him if I was ever in a pinch. Luckily, when I had a guest cancel at the last minute Chris was true to his word. Once again Chris brought the goods. […]

Julian Wettlin (bass player in Javelins) made his triumphant return to the forest as a last minute addition when a scheduled guest went MIA. This change was certainly for the best, because Julian brought tons of killer jams. [display_podcast] Playlist for Tuesday In the Forest March 13, 2012 Pre-party warm up: [side B of Shirley […]

Matt Smith, leader of Outrageous Cherry and the Volebeats, was a welcome return guest, bringing with him not only another batch of highlights from his massive vinyl collection but also the special treat of Medusa Cyclone, who performed their second live set in ten years. [display_podcast] Playlist for Tuesday In the Forest, March 6, 2012 […]