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…

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…

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…

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…

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)…

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…

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…

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…