Thomas Peake
Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for September 4 2015 - DDOP 32
In this episode, I answer questions from fellow Dog Days podcasters: Nutty Nutchtchas asks why I close the show with I love you? and Derek Coward asks what happened to the Uplifter events and CREATE South? Here is the direct MP3 download for the Evil Genius Chronicles podcast, September 4...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for March 12 2015 - Negation
In this episode, I play a song by the Kropotkins; I discuss the ongoing struggles to enjoy media and how much it is like having another job; I talk about negation, negativity, opinionation and other life anti-patterns. Here is the direct MP3 download for the Evil Genius Chronicles podcast, March 12...
read articleNew Peakecast for XMas
A new episode of the Peakecast has been published. This one is the recordings of a set of interviews Thomas Peake recorded in 1996 with members of the Rock_A_Teens. The band is playing Atlanta tomorrow, December 13th, so that helped drive the urgency of getting this published this week. I use this...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for October 16 2014 - Just Saying Goodbye
In this episode, I spend a long time talking about the casual cruelty imbedded in the way people use the word "just" as in "just don't work there"; I mention the video that made me stop eating regularly at Jimmy Johns; I talk about PG Holyfield's memorial service weekend and...
read articleGoodbye to Absent Friends
Last weekend I drove to Charlotte to attend the memorial service for the late great Patrick "PG" Holyfield. It was a nice time and I'm glad I went, as nice as it could be for an event I wish with all my heart didn't exist. I saw friends and met Kimberly, PG's "special lady...
read articlePeakecast Episode Six is Live
Today, we posted Episode Six of the Peakecast, our memoriam show for the late great Thomas Peake. This time out, the show is all the music of Guitar Roberts. Doing an episode of this show is always a melancholy experience. It's good to hear my friend's voice and be able to present his work, but I...
read articleThomas Peake Farewell Concert and Peakecast
Tomorrow Sunday December 20th 2009 will be the "Thomas Peake Farewell Celebratory Concert" at the Eyedrum - 290 MLK Jr Drive SE in Atlanta. Doors open at 3 pm, music starts at 4 PM and will go until the wee hours. A variety of bands will perform, from ones that Thomas helped in their...
read articleNew Peakecast is Up
For those who were friends or fan of Thomas Peake or just fans of interesting music, the newest Peakecast has been posted. This is a fitting show to be the second episode, as it was itself a memorial for former WREKster and restlessly creative musician Witt Mills. I urge you to go, check it out and...
read articlePeake Foundation and Peakecast
Yesterday would have been the 40th birthday of my late friend Thomas Peake. His wife Dena launched a project called The Peake Foundation. You can read the mission statement here. The very short version is that it is a call to action for people to make a difference, with a timetable given. On October...
read articleMoving On In This Post-Peake Life
For the last ten days, this blog has been quiet and mostly been about the late great Thomas Peake. On Tuesday I went to the memorial service in Atlanta, where I saw a lot of old friends I haven't seen in years (or in some cases, decades) and met many other friends of Thomas for the first time. I was...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for September 27, 2009 - "Goodbye Thomas Peake"
Here is the direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for September 27, 2009. I play a song from Fugazi; the bulk of this show is an extended eulogy to the late great Thomas Peake; I play a song by my friends in Stovall and try not to weep my way out. You can subscribe to this podcast feed via RSS....
read articleThomas Peake Historical Audio
Thanks to Chris Campbell's reminder, I was reminded that I have CDs of all the MP3s from the 2004 WREK alumni weekend. That weekend was to celebrate the history of the old station in the Georgia Tech Thrillerdome as they prepared to move to the brand new space. Thanks to CDC's persistence and the...
read articleRIP, Thomas Peake
Horrible news. My friend Thomas Peake died in a fall from a trail in the Grand Canyon. There is a memorial group for him on Facebook and I'm sure there will be no end of reminiscences about him. My friend Chris has a post about this sad loss, starting from the point when Thomas was missing when...
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