Merdan
September 9, 2009 by Jesse Lonergan
Filed under NBM Blog
Some of the characters in Joe and Azat are based on real people, but Azat’s older brother Merdan (the one in control of the motorcycle) really came out of nowhere. He showed up in one of the early versions of the story as a rather unimportant background character, but he quickly asserted himself. He became [...]
Songs I Heard Too Many Times
August 31, 2009 by Jesse Lonergan
Filed under NBM Blog
I was in Northampton, MA, this weekend at this little club/bar called The Basement where they play an awesome mix of music. Seventies funk, girl groups, Studio One reggae, doo wop, Del Shannon, great stuff. One of the songs they played while I was there was Popcorn by Hot Butter, which almost immediately brought me [...]

