Mark Mallman A friend says ex-Odd keyboardist Mark Mallman made clubgoing fun again this year, and we won't argue. At this point his nasal voice had long since abandoned him, leaving a hoarse croak in its place.
Few performers earn their bow with more monomaniacal dedication.
And few so blatantly make a play for a place in local rock mythology. Along these lines, Mallman and 12 Rods singer Ryan Olcott met the millennium by watching events unfold on television as the countdown approached, writing and recording songs about what they saw. With his new, second, self-released album, How I Lost My Life and Lived to Tell About It , Mallman doesn't need a gimmick.