Recent Entries

• TERRELL'S TUNEUP: Bloodhounds and Stompin' Gut-Bucket Blues

  by swt November 21, 2014
  A version of this was published in The Santa Fe New Mexican  November 21, 2014 It doesn't sound that thrilling on paper. A band plays basic, unfettered, rocking blues — closer to gutbucket than to the smooth, tame uptown stuff — cranks it up, adds a little rockabilly sneer, and in ...

• BIG ENCHILADA 78: Sonic Blessings

  by swt November 16, 2014
                  It's that time of year to feel thankful for your blessings, so here's an hour of sonic blessings for all of us. This month's offerings include lots of crazy rock 'n' roll, including a lot of wild, stomping  blues-based sounds. ...

• Beyond The Monster Mash: A Guide to Halloween Music

  by swt October 30, 2014
  Hosting a Halloween party and don't know what to play?  Here's some suggestions. Greatest  all-around Rock 'n' Roll Spookmeisters:  Roky Erikson. Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Screaming Lord Sutch, The Cramps, Alice Cooper, (especially his early stuff), Rob Zombie, Angry Johnny & The Killbi...
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• Cleaning Up My Podcast Pages

  by swt October 19, 2014
  A little housekeeping here. I would wager that not that many people give a flying darn, but I've spent a little tie this morning cleaning up my podcast posts on my Hideout blog -- bad links, missing artwork etc. I've gone back as far as Big Enchilada 30, my 2010 Christmas episode. Hopefully I...

• BIG ENCHILADA 77: 2014 SPOOKTACULAR

  by swt October 18, 2014
                  Boo! Welcome to the 7th Annual Big Enchilada Spooktacular! Believe it or not, I've been scaring the pants off unsuspecting podlubbers since October 2008. Once again I present a casket full of spook 'n' roll. And as a special treat, ...

• BIG ENCHILADA 76: Dance Hall of the Dark Dimension

  by swt September 26, 2014
                Welcome to the Dance Hall of the Dark Dimension. This has to be my most rocking podcast episode ... maybe ever. You can't sit down! You can't stay still! Let the hoodoo spirits move you! (Please use caution if listening to this while operat...

• TERRELL'S TUNE-UP: While Our Guitars Gently Scream

  by swt September 19, 2014
  A version of this was published in The Santa Fe New Mexican   Sept. 18, 2014 I’ve been a huge fan of Benjamin Booker ever since his early days. In fact, I became a devoted, drooling Bookerhead right after the release of his very first album — last month. It all starte...

• Big Enchilada 75: Varmint Symphony

  by swt August 18, 2014
        Welcome to the latest Big Enchilada podcast, Varmint Symphony. It's a hillbilly spectacular featuring raw animal country, rockabilly, bluesgrass, blues, country swing, cowpunk and other sounds to tickle your innards .Have fun, but don't let the possums get in your underwear...

• Recent Tuneup Columns

  by swt July 27, 2014
  Sorry, but I've been lax lately about posting entries from my music column, Terrell's Tuneup, that pertain to our GaragePunk world. Here are three recent columns you might enjoy. One is my tribute to The Ramones following the death of tommy; then there's my review of Norton Records' latest from The...

• Big Enchilada 74: Family Fun Nite

  by swt July 22, 2014
         It's Family Fun Nite at The Big Enchilada and what we have here is a fiesta of fun for the young and old. Inspired by one of my favorite Figures of Light song, which  kicks off this mess, Family Fun Nite is an hour of good-time entertainment for responsible cit...