the matthew show february
Thanks To everyone I thanked on texas, plus Kimberly Perry; Doug Kwartler; Maja Ninkovic; Austin Kuebler; Michael Leuci; Dorian Spencer; Carl Finch and Brave Combo; Allyssa Lamb, Emily Hurst, Olivier Conan & the rest of Las Rubias del Norte; Bridget Handler; Paolo & all at Deli magazine; Radio Mike Perrazzetti and his fevered brain; Dan Herman and Radio Crystal Blue; Wesley Clark & the Audio Independents crew; Michiko & Chris at Yellow Beat/Gone Fishing for Blue Skies; the good people at Radio KAOS; Tom Urquhart & the Good Show crew on KTCU 88.7 FM in FW; Circe Broom, Slim Warrior, Zud Zaftig, Sofie Mercy, CaveCub Milk, Angel Stormwind, Mel Cheeky, Push Chandler, Chill Moksung; Chronic Skronski, Ursula Cinquetti, Cher Harrington and the Second Life music scene in general for a warm welcome; John, Deanna, Craig, Ryan, Jen and the MacHenry’s folks in Fort Worth (good run, boys & girls); Jill at the Little Apple in Arlington TX; Rebecca Ghilespi, Melinda Wood Allen, Diane & Johnny Simons and the Hip Pocket Theatre gang in the wilds of west FW; the Barber Mack boys, Ron, John, & Josh; Dr. Constance Celaya-Forbes for the insight; Alyse and all the Hip Mama FW types; Jen, Mark, and the Progressive Parents of Dallas; Dallas At Home Dads; Ally David & Bend Studio in Dallas; Bill Mallonee; Doug Burr; Glen Phillips; Annie Sandler; Rob Rummel-Hudson for inspiration and solace; Cindy Chaffin and the Fine Line; Sam Baker, Joe Kozera & KERA 90.1 FM in Dallas; Mark Doyon and Wampus Multimedia; the good folks at PBS’ Roadtrip Nation; the lonelygirl15 crew for giving nerds a chance; Robbie Rist (I won’t call you Cousin Oliver)... And the ultimate without whom, Janell. No you, no this. All songs © 2004 the matthew show (BMI), except: The Impotent Rage, © 2005 the matthew show (BMI); Anyway, © 2004 the matthew show (BMI) and Micheal Preble; The Skyline Hotel, Benediction, © 2003 the matthew show (BMI); The World of One Percenters, © 2002 the matthew show (BMI); Innocence, February, © 2001 the matthew show (BMI); Half the Man, © 1999 the matthew show (BMI); The Last Words of Sigmund Freud, © 1994 Little Jack Melody and Carl Finch (No Class Music, BMI); ending guitar melody on Half the Man from Silence and I, © 1981 Eric Woolfson and Alan Parsons (Woolfsongs Ltd./Careers Music Inc., BMI). Whoever is not a misanthrope at forty can never have loved mankind. - Sebastian Roch Nicolas Chamfort -------------- Locations All tracks produced by the matthew show, and recorded, engineered and mixed by the matthew show at the various homes of Rotary Eleven Studio (Brooklyn NY, Weatherford TX, Crowley TX, Euless TX, Dallas TX, and Plano TX) May 2005 to May 2008. Mastered by Arthur Winer at Canaveral Skies. Drums (Innocence) recorded at Ms. Perry’s place in Hoboken NJ. Backup vocals (The Skyline Hotel) recorded at Mr. Rist’s studio in CA. Drums, bass, and rhythm guitar (The Skyline Hotel) recorded at Josh Clark’s house in Fort Worth TX. Mr. Dunn’s and Mr. Jackson’s lead guitars (The Impotent Rage) and Mr. Dunn’s lead guitar (The Skyline Hotel), Mr. Simms’ vocals (most everything) and his drums (The Impotent Rage and Anyway) recorded at Mr. Simms’ house in Weatherford TX, with invaluable assistance from Gus and Gordo. Interviews recorded variously in NY and NJ. Many thanks to the participants for their time and honesty. Art Photography by Dean Hall. Front cover star is the inimitable Preston Faggart. Cake by Albertson’s. Layout by Janell Broyles. Musicians matthew - vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, drum programming Speakers (in order of appearance) Kimberly Perry, Paul Shapera Gwynne-Craig, Doug Kwartler, Austin Kuebler, and Maja Ninkovic.
This album is dedicated to Nathan. May you learn from experience; your own and everyone else’s.
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