This week’s Music Monday features Trey Johnson, the subject of an Advocate Q&A last year. Johnson’s new album “Where the East Ends” contains an eclectic musical mix featuring band members James Driscoll, Rich Martin and Don Cento, plus appearances from a number of their contemporaries. Two faves,  “Salt of the Earth and “Rain”, are on the podcast; you can hear the rest if the album here.

Celebrated chef Dean Fearing is known for his culinary art, but he’s got a little side project — it’s The Barbwires, known for their country-rock stylings. The Barbwires’ latest album is Bliss and Blisters, which has been called sophisticated … with echoes of Buffalo Springfield, Poco, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Beatles, and the Grateful Dead.

LISTEN HERE:  9.7 Music Monday

It’s Monday and that means local music on Advocate Radio. Today we have some good stuff:

I have a song off the new record from Jackopierce, whose Cary Pierce is the subject of the Advocate’s “Conversation Piece” in the East Dallas and Lake Highlands September editions. Pierce will be teaching choir this semester at St. John’s Episcopal.

During our interview, Pierce introduced us to a couple of students he met while teaching a songwriting class at Booker T. Washington High School. He’s producing an album for one of them, Tiger Darrow. You can listen to her single, “Only a Year”, on today’s podcast, and another former student Joshua Golberg’s first release, “Fly”.

Finally, I’ve got an cool country ditty from Chris Knight, not a local, but he’s playing at the Granada Aug. 28, so have a listen, and if you like, getcha tickets here.

If you have a song for Music Monday at the Advocate, send the track to chughes@advocatemag.com.

LISTEN HERE: 8.22 Music Monday

Wayne Maynard just returned from his solo flight to the North Pole.

Neighborhood resident Wayne Maynard recently returned from a trip to the North Pole. The 61-year old took the solo journey in an effort to raise money and awareness for Grace Flight, a national organization that pairs volunteer pilots with people in need of transportation for medical or humanitarian needs. In this week’s podcast interview, Maynard tells us about the trip and his personal reasons for embarking on such an adventure.

Interview—Wayne Maynard from Grace Flight

Vicki Hitzges at the Advocate office

Vicki Hitzges, motivational speaker, former television news reporter and author of the new book, “Attitude is Everything, 10 Rules for Staying Positive” joins us for a podcast interview this week. She shares some secrets to staying happy including tips on ridding your life of unnecessary worry, and talks a little bit about what she learned from the famous Zig Ziglar while working for him. To purchase an autographed copy of Vicki’s book, visit her website.

Listen to the podcast here:Interview-Vicki Hitzges

Rudy Bush, the city hall reporter for The Morning News, Rick Wamre and I discuss what comes next when the city council begins its budget deliberations in the next couple of works. Rudy doesn’t expect a property tax hike, which made me happy. We also wondered how happy the cops will be with taking comp time instead of overtime, worried about the city’s accumulating bond debt and interest payments, and tried to guess if and when the budget crisis will end.

The podcast is about 18 minutes long and 17 megabytes. To download or stream it, click here.

John Slate, author of "Historical Dallas Parks", is also the City of Dallas archivist

This week’s Advocate radio interview (Listen: Interview-John Slate) is with John Slate, city archivist, who was not here on official City of Dallas business, but just as an author discussing his book, “Historic Dallas Parks.”

Slate tells us about what he considers some of the more interesting stories and legends behind the parks—Hattie Rankin Moore Park, for example, is named for a woman who theorized parks and recreation could keep troubled youth out of prison and the electric chair.

He explains some of the book’s images, such as the cover that bears a photo of “cotton mill” children participating in field day at Trinity Play Park in 1915, and the old Lake Cliff pool.

Slate is also the keeper of official JFK assassination archives; and he even has a movie roll role on his resume. Being an awfully good sport, he answers our questions about both. Listen to Interview-John Slate.

Totally aware that it’s Tuesday, but since most were out of the office yesterday, we are posting the podcast today. Music Tuesday just doesn’t have that ring. Today we have sounds from Eastwood, Local Honey and Taylor Vieger.

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When the Advocate arrives at your door later this week or early next, you’ll get a look at our cover models — they are real lookers. On this week’s podcast, we announce the winners’ names, tell a few funny neighborhood pet stories and talk a little about our own.

Listen here: Pet Podcast

This week’s Music Monday podcast includes:

A country ditty, “Lorraine”, by East Dallas resident Darryl Lee Rush;

The awesome Jayson Bales, whose marathon efforts we covered many months ago, with  “Standing on the Edge of Lonely” from “Along the Fault Line”;

Slider Pines, a local band we don’t know a whole lot about but whose song “Pulling Teeth” is pretty cool;

and The O’s with the toe-tap inducing  “Diamonds” off their latest album “We are the O’s”.

LISTEN HERE: Music Monday 6.14

This week’s Music Monday podcast features:

Four Left Turns (Great Divide), an alt-country-Americana-bluegrass band that a few months ago won the 5th Annual KHYI 95.3 Texas Music Showdown.

Jill Allison Bryan (Long Morning Yesterday), who draws inspiration from the likes of Stevie Nicks, Aimee Mann and Joni Mitchell (hers reminds me of old Olivia Newton John voice that mesmerized the 9-year-old me).

Rick Fender (Sunset on Venus), who has a cool Pink Floyd-y, Velvet Underground sound

Shoot Low Sheriff, a fun western swing-inspired band with a ton of momentum that will leave you feeling rather peppy for a Monday.

Listen to the podcast here: Music Monday 5_24