{"id":4845,"date":"2022-01-04T23:55:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T23:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=4845"},"modified":"2022-12-18T12:02:04","modified_gmt":"2022-12-18T12:02:04","slug":"music-theo-katzmann","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=4845","title":{"rendered":"MUSiC: Theo Katzman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/img_4375.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4844\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/img_4375.jpg 700w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/img_4375-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/img_4375-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/img_4375-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Theo\u2019s latest album. Released Jan, 2020.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve been aware of Theo Katzman for several years now, courtesy of Vulfpeck, for whom he sings, plays guitar, and drums. His multitalented musical abilities are, even in that context, where he\u2019s not the central \u2018star\u2019 performer, mightily impressive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I first checked out his solo stuff maybe about a year ago. And immediate loved it. But I didn\u2019t dive in to it fully. Today, on the eve of my 50th birthday, I took a deeper dive. Typing this at 11.45 pm, Jan 4th, it\u2019ll probably be my birthday by the time I finish and post it! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I had been watching yet more snooker. Teresa objected! So I binged on some Vulf videos for a bit. The great thing was that, I guess using some evil algorithms, YouTube curated a string of Vulfpeck videos for me. I did intervene a little, trying to favour stuff I\u2019d heard\/seen less (or at least less recently).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After about ten Vulf vids, a Katzman one snuck into the playlist; I\u2019m Too Busy Trying To Write A Pop Song. It\u2019s hand scrawled text only black and white title screen just caught the eye. I listened. And lo, it was good. Damn fine, in fact. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3Pu49O1xH7M?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m a big fan, old fashioned as I am, of owning hard copies of the music I love. I\u2019ve only really broken that rule for music that can\u2019t be had on CD, some of that\u2019s old vinyl, some modern streaming only, etc. But it looks like Theo\u2019s stuff is digital only. Pity! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But just look at the cover of <em>Modern Johnny Sings! <\/em>Couldn\u2019t be more up my street with its retro vibes, from the colours to the font, to the slightest suggestion of a hippy\/classic rock vibe in the shoeless\/guitar as violin pose. And the image perfectly fits with the music. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m not sure anyone other than me ever looks at this blog. I need to address that somehow! But if anyone does, then please support a <em>real artist<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/theokatzman.com\">Visit his website<\/a>, buy his albums, watch his videos, go see him live. I\u2019m pestering him to come and perform for us in the UK!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"738\" height=\"743\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/img_4376.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4846\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/img_4376.jpg 738w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/img_4376-298x300.jpg 298w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/img_4376-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/img_4376-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 738px) 100vw, 738px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">His previous (first?) album. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It looks like I missed out on a recent re-issue of his previous album, <em>Romance Without Finance<\/em>. Re-released as a limited edition crowd-funded vinyl package. Damn! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I fully intend to get hold of all his stuff &#8211; since starting this post I\u2019ve learned Modern Johnny is album three, and number two is Heart Break Hits (2017) &#8211; as everything I\u2019ve heard by him, and his many super-talented associates, is just fantastic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SD3GrPgqSZ0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve been aware of Theo Katzman for several years now, courtesy of Vulfpeck, for whom he sings, plays guitar, and drums. His multitalented musical abilities are, even in that context, where he\u2019s not the central \u2018star\u2019 performer, mightily impressive. I first checked out his solo stuff maybe about a year ago. And immediate loved it. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=4845\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;MUSiC: Theo Katzman&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paGwUa-1g9","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4845"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4845"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7604,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4845\/revisions\/7604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}