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Slovenly music is this week’s theme on Listening Lyrics, Oct. 10, 2025

Fri, 10/10/2025 - 5:10pm | Pieter Pastoor

So, the word of the day is slovenly. Yeah — slovenly. What do I mean by that? Well, to me, it’s music that’s a little messy, kinda careless, maybe even a bit dirty. Songs that aren’t trying too hard to be perfect — they just are.

Sometimes that sound comes from the artist or producer just being… slovenly, plain and simple. Other times, it’s totally intentional — they want that rough edge, that human touch.

Think of folks like Keith Richards or Jim Morrison — total geniuses who could make something brilliant while still sounding like they just rolled out of bed.

So today, I’ve pulled together a few tunes that, in my mind, really capture that slovenly vibe — songs that don’t need to be cleaned up, because the grit makes them great.

Tim Foster of Th' Losin Streaks! (Oct 10th, 2025)

Fri, 10/10/2025 - 4:10pm | Eddy Owt

Tim Foster is an icon of the Sacramento cultural scene. As the kinetic frontman of bands such as Th' Losin Streaks and the Troublemakers, he's brought high-energy, '60s-infused garage rock to small dive bars and big festival stages across the U.S. and Europe. He is a fixture in the Sacramento journalistic scene as the executive director of Capitol Weekly and was the co-publisher of the late Midtown Monthly, an important chronicle of the Sacramento art and music scene in the early 2000s. And he's a collector of obscure vintage vinyl, vintage guitars and vintage cars. Tim joined Eddy in the KDRT studio to spin some records and discuss his bands, garage rock, the changing Sacramento music scene and California politics.
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