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New site 25 Dec 2012 | 12:04 am
Hi. I see the last time I posted anything here was on my 30th birthday some 6+ months ago. It’s been a rather difficult year, filled with a cancer-ridden father and lots of friends who turned out to b...
Happy birthday Nick Carraway 5 Jun 2012 | 02:22 pm
Once, many years ago now, a friend of mine gave me the best complement I have ever had the pleasure to receive. It was a few weeks after Christmas and we were sitting on a bus. For the holiday I had g...
Post-rock Sundays: Athletics 28 May 2012 | 08:58 am
Athletics is a five-piece band from New Jersey that incorporate a number of post rock elements, but also weave in more traditional rock and indie parts, as well as much more vocals than most post rock...
Cover song Saturdays: Lisa Hannigan takes on Henry Mancini 27 May 2012 | 08:56 am
Breakfast at Tiffany’s is one of my favorite films of all time. (It would have reached #1 at some point if it weren’t for the horrible, horrible idea someone had to let Mickey Rooney play a Japanese m...
Pop-punk Fridays: Tricky Dick 26 May 2012 | 07:23 am
Ack, apologies but summer is in full swing in Florida and it’s already humid enough to make you sweat while taking a shower. But seriously, I’m tired. What better pick me up than nostalgic pop-punk? T...
Post-rock Sundays: The Caretaker 21 May 2012 | 06:34 am
First of all, no this isn’t really post-rock but I think it’s something a lot of post-rock fans would be interested in. I’ve been captivated by the music of The Caretaker for the last few days. It’s t...
Cover song Saturdays: Botch takes on German composer Carl Orff 20 May 2012 | 06:54 am
I’m sure you’ve heard some version of O Fortuna, even if you don’t recognize the title. This is my all time favorite version, courtesy of Tacoma, Washington’s (sadly) defunct Botch. Here’s a more tra...
Pop-punk Fridays: Weston 19 May 2012 | 11:31 am
Weston epitomized high school for me – songs about falling in love with girls (and getting rejected by them), getting beat up, and getting made fun of. They were one of my first favorite bands as they...
Sherwood Anderson on writing 15 May 2012 | 04:55 am
I was first introduced to Sherwood Anderson’s tales of life in Winesburg, Ohio during an American literature course I took as an elective in college. I was already too invested in my political science...
Post-rock Sundays: The Best Pessimist 14 May 2012 | 07:43 am
Happy mother’s day to all the moms out there. Really, what mom couldn’t use some relaxing ambient post-rock every now and again? The Best Pessimist is a solo project formed in 2009 by the Ukrainian m...
