September 2023 marked the 30th anniversary of the now classic Morphine album Cure for Pain. It was the band's sophomore release and recorded during the transition from original drummer Jerome Deupree to Billy Conway, with Jerome playing on the bulk of the album's songs and Billy playing on the title track, "Cure for Pain" and "Let's Take a Trip Together". To mark the occasion of the album's anniversary, Geoff Stanfield caught up with the band's surviving members; saxophonist Dana Colley and Jerome Deupree along with mastering engineer and archivist Pete Weiss. Enjoy!

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Episode 87: Morphine

There Is A Light That Never Goes Out

Ever Fallen In Love

I'm Against It

Demos

Isolation

a song I wrote about how much I fucking hate iPhone technology.  Before I eventually swallowed my stupid pride and bought one.

Smart Face

The Witching Hours on KXLU
Thursdays Ten to Midnight
February 07, 2019

w/ Special Guest Bryan from How Scandinavian (11p-Midnight)
and Thump Opera "Where Does It Go" Live Drive-In Stream by Thumpasaurus (10:20pm-10:50pm)

TWH 02/07/19 with How Scandinavian + Thump Opera

Duster

Little Dipper (Hum cover)

In the fall and winter of 2018, my good friend Steve Keen had invited me to jam and record on a cover song with our other good friend, Marc. I was pretty down in the dumps during those times, and pretty much musically spent as always. But recording this cover with two pals and really having fun messing with the musical arrangement and style helped me out a bit. I am glad we were able to do this song back then, and now here it stands as a great memento of that time for me. Credits: Steve - Vocals, horns, piano, guitar. Marc - Drums, percussion. Bryan - Bass, percussion, and production.

Steve, Marc, Bryan - Texas Never Whispers (Pavement Cover)

This was a 2018 remix I was commissioned to do for my talented electronic/ambient friend, Andrew Patrick Henry. I think he originally intended to release this as a b-side or as a bonus track for the original single "Dragoon", but never got around to it. 

Under my Squonk alias, I wanted to give the original track a sense of my esoteric nostalgia for Carson and Torrance, especially the two or three times I went there as an adult late at night on a weekday with work in the morning. I worked pretty hard to make it catchy but not overly annoying and with some sense of progress and build up. Later I would do my own remixes for the "Emma" cass-single shortly afterwards. This is something I might attempt again for HS LP2 (if it ever comes out). Anyways, this is probably the first official Squonk recording aside from the remixes I did for OG Dino/Mister Ugly in 2015(?)

Duster

Static Hands