jimjacobi/crap detectors

Radio airplay is a radio station I use to promote my music.  Been doing it for several years and keep finding more and more fans as the days roll by. I get an update from those who listen to the songs and what songs they listen to weekly and where they live. The ironic thong is that I've only had ONE listener from the state of Nebraska all these years.. Sort of like the local support I get here..Almost zero..There are a few that know about my 44 years of music but very few..OH WELL.

AS THIS YEAR ENDS I HAVE ONCE AGAIN GONE TO MY BEGINNINGS AND RECORDING MUSIC ONLY..THIS YEAR  (2019) I HAVE RELEASED TWO FULL LENGTH CDS WITH ANOTHER ON THE WAY FOR 2020.  THE SOUNDS VARY ALONG WITH THE THEMES WITH 2 CDS BEING MUSIC ONLY. I FIND LYRICALLY THE CDS FALL INTO 2 CATEGORIES. ONE IS WHEN I USE THE PSUEDO BAND NAME CRAP DETECTORS IS USUALLY SONGS THAT ARE STATEMENTS THAT ARE ABOUT SOCIAL ISSUES WHILE My NAME's songs  ARE SOMETIMES MORE PERSONAL.

Garage rock is a raw form of rock and roll that was first popular in the United States and Canada from about 1963 to 1967. During the 1960s, it was not recognized as a separate music genre and had no specific name. In the 1970s, some critics referred to the style as punk rock, the first form of music to bear this description; although it is sometimes called garage punk,protopunk, or 1960s punk, the style has predominantly been referred to as garage rock.

n the 1980s, another garage rock revival saw a…

I have a BFA and an MFA in painting from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. You can view some of my paintings in a post on this site and can tell that I have an expressionistic style using color and stroke. As of recently, I tend to do more portraiture work in both oil paints and watercolor paints but also do cityscapes, architectural subject and some non-representative works as well as paintings that fall into the class of bizarre. I have shown paintings in all the cities I have done music in as well as…

After returning to Lincoln,NE after a 15 year absence, I found old friend, Dave Robel and ex-Crap Detector bassist, Craig Kingery and started the Joe Jakimbi Band. (A kind of anagram given to me by Charlie Burton in the 80's). Recorded and released 3 CDs and released a compilation CD as well.  There were ups and downs in Lincoln. Some reporter for a local college news paper claimed my life was a lie and I never did the things I claimed on my bio. Then, an older local newspaper writer who was around in the…

Even though these blogs are mere snippets of the actual occurrences, I hope they will give a tiny overview of events in the saga. We moved to Seattle in August of 1989 and started searching for housing and work. Eventually after finding a job at an art supply store we talked to a guitar player there to switch to bass--Bad idea, Since Mindy and I were Midwest transplants we found a bassist from Iowa that had moved to Seattle.  At first, the Seattle area had a few venues to play at and I could put posters on…

In 1980, the Crap Detectors became a live band. It was a trio with a guest sax/flute player and the LP "Superficial World" was recorded and released. It was paid for, by what I started to suspect after more releases, an individual who would use the records for an illegal method of shipping illegal things. But don't know for sure..This project as well as the first 2 projects were all done in Lincoln ,Nebraska. It was followed up by a 45 in 1981 and a 7 inch E.P.. in 1982. A new drummer recorded on the E.P…

I've been playing music (guitar) since the mid 1960s in different cover bands with the thought of one day doing my own recordings and making records.  In the early to mid seventies I started recording between 2 cassette machines using a Dolby box to reduce noise. I would play all instruments and do all vocals I started to get interested in electronic music and got a moog sonic six synthesizer.  That was the beginning of my musical/artistic journey. After my final cover band I began my recording projects…