#doug firebaugh

12/21/25.

Matty Groves is Matt Bullock and "The Magical Speckled Band" is his 2nd album. We covered "Aurelia" back in September 2024 and described it as "beautiful, haunting, and completely addictive. It really is one of those albums that demands to be listened to start to finish."

"The Magical Speckled Band" picks up where "Aurelia" left off and continues to fit all the descriptors mentioned above. This album reminds me of a couple of things. First, this sounds like something Numero Group might reissue from some obscure 1970s private press (kind of the like the Doug Firebaugh release covered here in November). This also sounds like a cross between Dick Stusso, The Caretaker and Candy Claws.

11/6/25.

Doug Firebaugh "Performance One" is released from Numero Group's From the Stacks series. The Bandcamp side strip states,

A visit to the Numero office makes it very clear that ‘the stacks’ is a literal description of our process: we accumulate stacks of records, master tapes, photos, flyers, and old newspapers while assembling a project. From The Stacks is our way of illuminating the experience: the selections here are presented without curation. While we’re digging for gold, these are the lesser minerals we find.

The Numero Group website states:

Operating out of a suite in the Roanoke, Virginia Ramada Inn, Tiffin Music Enterprises International was but one of hundreds of gray-market record companies offering dubious services to Nashville aspirants. Cut in three days in 1975, 20-year-old Firebaugh wrote and played every bummed-out note, save a forgotten pedal steel-man. 50th anniversary edition remaster fits snuggly in your private mind garden.

Why MLM Is For Liars

Ironic: How Most Distributors Lie Around In Our Industry If I was told a while back that I’d be one of those people who loves and supports the network & affiliate marketing industries… …but SINCERELY HATES the fact that most people who get into MLM will never make their initial investment back… Not because they don’t have the desire or ability to duplicate the success of their sponsors or…