I am waxing nostalgic as I write this. It is my last night in the East Austin shotgun shack that has been my home for the last three years. I came to Austin to heal my heart from major losses; my husband Robert passing in 2007, my XM job ending in 2008, my son striking out on his own to his first apartment in 2009. I found an incredible community here, banded together by a love of music and a communal sense of rugged individualism. It has been wonderful on so many levels. I think you have to throw yourself into the stream, to resonate vibration in the universe, and if you do that, the path will unfold. I am letting life take me on the next journey, to the next chapter, though I take with me all that has come before.

I have been getting lots of questions if the things I do are continuing. I say resoundingly YES! I am staying on the air at KDRP, though I will be doing my show from NYC through the magic of technology. The School Night Sessions at Threadgill's will continue on Sundays and Tuesdays for October, then go to primarily Sunday nights with the occasional midweek special thereafter. And Music Fog isn't going anywhere either, we promise to continue as a trusted Americana music discovery site. Next week, I set out for New York. There will be updates along the way, as Abbey Road from Luckenbach is road tripping with me.

Today's taste is a weird little concept video, shot through the peep hole of a door featuring The Agnostic Phibes Rhythm & Blood Conspiracy. It is a meeting of the minds, a Canadian delta-punk-blues-alt-country-garage-rock quartet, with members of Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir and Forbidden Dimension. The video is the debut, "Neckin' Party," from their critically acclaimed CD Campfire Tales. It was filmed and produced by the Conspiracy's drummer Jay Woolley and features a special cameo appearance by Canadian cult
movie hero Old Man Mask. Behold the weirdness!

-Jessie Scott