My conversation with Tricia Opstad and Dusty Shriver, two thirds of Pulse/Spasm/Vapor Trio with jonlodge. We discuss their latest release Beyond a Forgetful Green that came out March 15, 2024 on North Pole Records. We also explore the background to this ensemble, the recording process and work with some surprise technical issues in the studio. Live radio at its best! 

Thank you to Dusty and Tricia for coming by the studio!

Originally aired on Something Else on KBGA Missoula April 17 2024

Beyond a Forgetful Green

Tricia Opstad And Dusty Shriver Interview On Something Else KBGA

We inhabit a space somewhere on the outskirts of avant-jazz and punk rock, Dogs h8 Rats are genre defying, and full of surprises. The music is born of improvisational performances so with a little luck you'll catch the "mistakes and imperfections" now and then, or as Miles Davis once said "Don't fear mistakes, there are none" and that ethos is in clear evidence within the music of Dh8R's. The core of Dh8R's is made up of Douglas Wilkerson and Michael Grimes who collaborate with friends old and new."

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Included here are artist interviews featured on my program Something Else live every Wednesday from 8-10pm Mountain on KBGA Missoula and streaming at kbga.org. I focus on creative and improvised music.

Also included here are recordings of some of my own recent projects.

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Tricia Opstad And Dusty Shriver Interview On Something Else KBGA

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