March 3, 2026

A Gulls Window Circus vinyl rock show with tracks from 1983-1986, so closely scoped. There is China Crisis, The Church, Violent Femmes, and ABC (sounding like Roxy Music) that you will know, The Dream Syndicate and True West from the paisley underground peak, and a bunch of others that your ears will enjoy: Agent Orange, New Math, The Dots, The Eastern Dark, Do It Now!, and E-I-E-I-O. Be sure to treat yourself to them.

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February 24, 2026

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February 17, 2026

Gulls Window Circus slashes into your classic rock perceptions by presenting a show that excavates rock sounds that belong in the now-era, lovingly blending a tasty but unlikely stew in the circle of included artists/bands.

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February 10, 2026

A rock vinyl Gulls Window Circus show that starts off with a Tucker Zimmerman track (RIP Jan 2026) before entering an 80s (7 tracks) & 90s (6 tracks) balanced out with a Sundowners track from 2009. A nice listen that touches on a lot of different sounds.

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February 3, 2026

A vinyl rock Gulls Window Circus show that has two from 1969 (Nick Drake and Scott Walker), six from the 70s (George Harrison, Brian Eno, Carole King/Maurice Sendak, Joe Walsh, Hawkwind, King Crimson), one from 1986 (Talking Heads) and three from 2025 (silver biplanes, Saint Etienne, Beatie Wolfe & Brian Eno). Listen and see how they all fit together.

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January 27, 2026

The first show in Gulls Window Circus new one hour duration plays rock vinyl, concentrating on blending era, popularity and geography. In a single show you will hear Candy, The Grave Digger 5, The Stiffs, The Hollywood Stars, Wildfire, Grinderman and Cam Couple alongside institutions such as Chris Stamey, The Cars, Thin Lizzy, The Yardbirds, David Bowie & Mick Jagger, 13th Floor Elevators, Rolling Stones and The Jimi Hendrix Experience. They sit together quite comfortably, as you will hear today.

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January 20, 2026

A return to rock vinyl on Gulls Window Circus after the 8 week The 2000s series: lots of interesting tracks from many eras, many from recent reissues, plus new music from Black Helicopter from their Balancing Act LP, plus the debut 7″ from Cam Couple, the latest project of John Hugh Dickey (Pie, Verst, Richard Bitch), and two recent Harriet Records releases, by Jim’s Twenty-One and The Ekphrastics. I also play a track each from Dave Formula (Magazine, Visage) and Mozart Estate (Lawrence from Felt and G-Kart Mozart). Special mention goes to the Philip Lester track from The Direct Records Story Vol. Three compilation.

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August 27, 2024

A return to Rock on Gulls Window Circus in a ‘Carl’s living room’ show (that means just playing what I want to hear – no pattern or theme) gets us old/new/near/far artists in a way that flows like a smooth tidal wash. US artists Old 97’s, Melvins,
Todd Rundgren, The Jesus Lizard, Alice Cooper, Aerosmith, Tad, The Dead Milkmen, The Replacements, Suicide, The Donnas, The Loons, Mark Lanegan Band, T.S.O.L. and Secret Machines, England’s Delta 5, The Yardbirds, Mott The Hoople, Fields Of The Nephilim, The Sisters Of Mercy and Love And Rockets, join France’s Dogs, Ireland’s Thin Lizzy, Scotland’s The Jesus And Mary Chain, Japan’s Acid Mothers Temple and Peru’s Los Shain’s in shaking the ground for your ears.

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November 14, 2023

Rock LP tracks show with lots of new music [Uni Boys, Wreckless Eric, The Evening Sons, Inner Lorre, Chris Stamey, Now, Julian Cope, Gaye Su Akyol], stuff a few years old that is waiting to be heard or heard again [The Mudd Club, Burnt Envelope, Giant Sand, The Hepburns, Beachwood Sparks, Dave Lombardo], great reissues [Betty Davis, Game Theory, Fun Boy Three, Eddie Hazel, David Byrne, Lung Leg], hidden compilation tracks [Bunnygrunt from Cool English Jumpsuit, Cypress Grove from We Are Only Riders (The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project), and just plain must-hear tracks from the past [Band 19, , John Fogerty, Harry Crews, The Mad, Bootsy’s Rubber Band, Marcel Bontempi, Blairmailer]. Hope you hear them all.

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