Rain This Time

Good evening my friends,

June 28th, 2011 and we've got RAIN here in the Bay Area. Today has been the wettest on record for this date in much of the Bay Area and the rain just keeps on coming.

As of 2 p.m., .37 inches of rain had fallen on downtown San Francisco, breaking the old record of .22 inches set back in 1952.

Don't get me wrong, I love the rain, but it is really messing with the whole Summer vibe that folks have going right now.

Needless to say this weather brings to mind some music.  Now is the time for The Screaming Paisleys and "Rain This Time"

Enjoy the track, stay warm and dry and drop me a note - lemme know if you're digging the scene here.

Mark Harvey

Summer Solstice (and Summer Home)

Greetings and happy Summer Solstice!


This is just a quick near re-post - a couple tracks - and then I'm out.


As the story goes..."Summer Home" is one of those rare tracks that has been recorded twice (I think three times actually). It is one of my favorite Rain Station tracks. In the summer of 1992, Hoagie Malone (Jay Moores) began coaxing musicians for his recording project "Equator". These sessions produced 33 tracks. Originally released as "Khaki Circus" by Equator, Hoagie felt that the recordings between he and mopehead (Mark Harvey) were going particularly well, so when mixing time came, the 33 tracks became two separate releases. Rain Station was born with the release "Criminal Goat" and Hoagie released the rest as "Equator". "Summer Home" was one of the tracks on "Criminal Goat". Jay recorded drum tracks in his large Mission Street house. I'd come over and record guitar tracks to his tracks and then he'd flesh out the rest. On the original "Criminal Goat" version of "Summer Home" the bass track was played by Jay's buddy Dave Mintim.


Here's the "Criminal Goat" version of "Summer Home"...

A year or so later I moved out to the Sunset (from the Peninsula) and after a few roommates came and left I convinced Jay to move out of the Mission and out towards the ocean. The place we lived in was fairly large and allowed for setting up and playing (as a band).

Tony Iuppa (my buddy who played bass in The Screaming Paisleys) joined us as did a friend from work, Brian Peet (on drums). Rain Station (the band) was formed and we recorded a three song demo to shop around for gigs. Jay and I also named our home in the Sunset The Rain Station.
"Summer Home" was one of the tracks we recorded for our three song demo - this time on my 4-track. "Summer Home" was added to "Fancy Fancy" as were the other two songs we recorded - "Widdershins" and "Quiet Morning".
Here's the "Fancy Fancy" version of "Summer Home"...

Jay and I have yet to record a version of "Summer Home" on something better than a 4-track. I'm sure someday we will as we both love the tune.

Remember, all of my CDs are available for purchase at Nobody Records.

Be sure and support independent music and purchasing CDs from us!

Mark Harvey

Brar's Song

Hello friends,


I've posted this song before, but not the Bandcamp - play it at will version.  Tonight's track is mopehead's "Brar's Song". Back in my college days my buddy Tony Iuppa lived in Berkeley (he went to CAL). I spent a decent amount of time over at his place hanging out with Tony...being vague. It was through Tony that I met Jay (they were roommates). Anyhow, late into the evening we would often want a snack or a soda and we would head off to the Exxon on University to grab something (candy, chips, a Thirst Tamer). The night clerk was a man named Brar. Brar seemed like an interesting fellow and he became a part of our night time ritual. I named my Lava Lamp after him. I wrote this song about him. "I also wrote Brar's Day Off" in his honor. Often times we would become fixated with strange things...I guess nothing has changed, really...

Enjoy the track - get vague with me!

Mark Harvey

Just how many?

Good evening,

I was recently asked how many CD do I have out.  My answer was that I'd blog about it since I need to sit back and count the releases.  I've not thought about it and the question got me thinking.  It is amazing to think about releasing music.  There are a bunch of steps to it and because I've been doing it for so long I don't focus on numbers, just that I enjoy doing it. So...here we go... (click an album title or the play button...have a listen...)


The Screaming Paisleys "EXIT"


mopehead "Cheer Up My Camp"


mopehead "Ballads for Bogun"


mopehead "Songs for Spim"


mopehead "SS-MOPEHEAD"


mopehead "instrumental mopehead"


mopehead "It's Always Good"


mopehead "Big Top Blues"


mopehead "unreleased mopehead"


mopehead "instrumental mopehead volume two"


Rain Station "Criminal Goat"


Rain Station "Fancy Fancy"


Rain Station "The Living Room Sessions"


Rain Station "Stonedozer"


Rain Station "DARK RIDE"


Rain Station "Unreleased Rain Station"


Rain Station "Underground"


Beth Eyre and Month of Sundays "Nobody Records Presents:"


MITCH "Outlaws"


MITCH "Unreleased"


Mark Harvey "Pumpkinland"


Mark Harvey "Pumpkinland II"


Mark Harvey "Pumpkinland III"


Mark Harvey "Unreleased"


Mark Harvey "Fleshrot: Songs from the Dead"

There are a few more releases not listed (not on Bandcamp). In total there are about 27 releases.

There you have it!

Have a great evening,

Mark Harvey