Ribcast: The Shinyribs Podcast

The story of how I became a waver and how that led to me being moderately disappointed by a total stranger in Challis, ID This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shinyribs.substack.com/subscribe

Y’all might remember 2020 a novel virus had been unleashed on the world, shutting down civilization as we know it. We were all locked away in our homes twiddling our thumbs watching live streams and lots of Netflix. well almost everyone I knew was focused on Tiger King. Remember that? Ha ha well, while my friends were watching Tiger King. I was in my studio creating things that would bring me joy....

Love trouble Alpha that’s how we write it on the set list and these three are often group together as a triplet a trio, a three song assault. Often coming early in the set these three usually set the tone for a more electric guitar driven rock ‘n’ roll set. I have found when I include this three song block in the set. I do tend to play the electric guitar more. It just sets the tone. You know thes...

So this video is, I don’t know how old it is. It says it’s two years ago, but this was during 2020. I know because this was part of the Sequestered Songwriter’s Facebook live stream that I joined about halfway through the Covid shut down. It was run by Jason Eady and Courtney Patton. They organized all of their friends doing a theme night each week. It was Paul Simon night for this one. What was a...

Some of you may have witnessed this mash up that I keep in my back pocket for solo shows usually. The first time I remember doing this was at a memorial for friend, Wally Williams whose wife, Judy had passed. Also incidentally, it’s the first time I remember meeting Alice spencer. I remember I was sort of the centerpiece of the music for the memorial, but I was in bad voice. I had a cold or allerg...

I’m not sure when I wrote this song. But it has always been a fave. I am so glad to finally get it on a record and properly recognized in my repertoires. As I have said before, this song was inspired by a specific guitar, a Kalamazoo arch top from the 1940s I’m guessing much like this one here. A young man, Mark Allen who was working for me in the receiving dept at a local bookstore where I was a...

We shot this over at Sams Town Point with Jeremy Sexton. This was the first song released off of Leaving Time. I feel like this song encompasses much of what makes the album such a comfortable, cozy room of a record. Maybe my most honest and simple to date. Much of my recorded output has a certain amount of found objectivity to it. From Kev Russell’s Junker to Leaving Time it could be said I never...

Leaving Louisiana blues is the song about having to leave someplace you love because the people you love want you to. Louisiana can be anywhere. The singer of the song is everyone that’s ever felt betrayed, unseen, ghosted, unwanted. In every leaving, there is the seed of returning, always. In every goodbye there is a bittersweet notion that you will come back one day, just like the ocean, the win...

Now streaming on all platforms the second single off of the ground breaking album Leaving Time due out 4/25/25 Go like it, save it, dance to it, share it, talk to it and tell it you love it then send it to ya mama ya daddy ya brother sister greasy granny go run tell everyone you know about this new song called shitty music by Shinyribs. There’s never been a song that’s so succinctly encompasses hu...

Leaving Louisiana Blues There’ll come a time when you’ll understand that your enablers were actually your discouragers. They needed you to stay on their level so, to convince themselves they weren’t expected to try to improve. Success is never an option for them, only righteous indignation for being passed over and over again, nobody’s friend. There are many boundaries to consider when betrayal A...

Playing the wonderful cactus Café tonight lotta great memories This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shinyribs.substack.com/subscribe

For God So Loved The World (But only some of them) Well, he’s got you believing in things you would’ve never said he’s been leaving questions for so long inside your head that you forgotten most everything you learned in Sunday school, he’s overthrown your God, and changed all the rules He told you what to believe who to target and to blame for your petty grievances n’ your selfishness are all the...

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Engine, engine number nineComing down the railroad lineHow much farther back did she get offOld brown suitcase that she carriedI've looked for it everywhereIt just ain't here among the restAnd I'm a little upset, yes tell me Engine, engine number nineComing down the railroad lineI know she got on in BaltimoreA hundred and ten miles ain't much distanceBut it sure do make a differenceI don't think s...

Thought the shows are sold out we are working on some solutions for those true fans that did not get tickets. I will keep you all informed when that ticket link is live This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shinyribs.substack.com/subscribe

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I’ve had this one circled on my calendar for a while. I love going to Wimberley and playing on this community radio station. Always fun to hang in that little town for a while. Like a lot of Hill Country towns they are in danger of being overrun by newbies and tourists. They like the tourists. But, they are not so keen on new people moving to town. Mostly because they have a beautiful way of life...

Drums- Grubdog Mitchell Electric Guitar- Landis Armstrong so this was recorded at the hot monk in Novato, California, a song off of Fog and Bling released in 2019. I wrote this song on a little digital Korg keyboard. When I write on Keys, I know even less about what I’m playing than when I write on stringed instruments. It’s a song about alienation and social awkwardness of which I experienced in...

First lyrics with AI ChatGPT-Genius Me: Mule shoe pie and asteroids from San Francisco sleeping together on a beach in an RV waiting for Columbus to return with the dinosaur DNA and the Texas Instruments processor from 1977 Genius: What a unique and imaginative topic! What genre or artist should I draw inspiration from for these lyrics? Me: Duh, Shinyribs Genius: Great choice! Here are the lyrics...

SPONTANEOUS SONG TODAY It all happned in about 30 minutes. I think i wrote a Ramsay Midwood song. happy thanksgiving to all you beautiful souls enjoy every spoonful of gravy Fly in the cabin flew in the cup Smoking karma in the old rough cut Tomato juice for the wounded man I ain't no good drunk this morning Please understand Take me home and call me honey Pour me on the floor Til the ants they fi...

Been letting the songs come and go, flow and know. These are spontaneous first drafts of songs wherein I just hunt around and play with the muse in the room. This is how most of my songs begin in this rough, unstructured, random form. If I dig it i’ll go back and sculpt it into a more formal song. These may never see the light of day. But, there was some cool moments in these. It moved from a ligh...

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit shinyribs.substack.com wisteria’s waft want for what we won’t want when we want for what we don’t know what we need  Love lays under greed  Does the best she can  With what is left of her  Darkness hanging over the land Can’t u hear them pretty bells a ringin From the chapel through the empty square  They are ringing for the righteous t...

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I wrote this inspired by my old DJ pal, Clint Broussard on KPFT in Houston,Tx. He was promoting his daily radio show, Long Time Running, 90.1 FM or KPFT.org 9:30 am til Noon Mon-Fri. He mentioned that H town had them Old KoZmic Power Outage Blues Again. Of course I couldn’t resist writing that song. I recorded it, sent it to him and he played this morning on his show. I hope it brought a smile and...