Reading Hour
A couple of weeks ago I came to the realization (which should come as no surprise to all two loyal readers) that I watch too much damn TV. I look at the stacks of unread comics and books, unlistened-to music, and unwatched DVDs and think to myself “When am I going to have time [...]
Transformations That Were Too Hard To Find
A quickie shout-out to my BÖC-loving peeps here. I got my hands on a copy of the Espers EP The Weed Tree, which I talked about in this entry. So far, I’ve only fully listened to their version of my all-time fave BÖC track Flaming Telepaths, but I have to say I love [...]
Girl, We Couldn’t Get Much HIGHER
I can’t swear this is the last time I’ll talk about the New Pornographers for awhile, but I had to mention their appearance last night on Last Call with Carson Daly. They did two songs from the new album, Use It and Twin Cinema. However, they changed one of the lyrics in Use [...]
Streaming Out of the Magnets-a
First, go check out Alan’s account of the New Pornographers show Monday night at the Gothic. Back yet? Okay. Here are my own notes (contains spoilers)…
I Wouldn’t Live There If You Paid Me To
I did a wild thing last week and pre-ordered the Talking Heads Brick Box Set (it was only $104.99 then – the price has since gone up) which is due out next week. Even though I believe the whole HiRez/Surround Sound music thing is dying a pretty slow but horrible death, it still doesn’t [...]
And The Joke’s On You
I just found out via Pitchfork that a folk-rock group I’ve never head of called Espers is covering my favorite Blue Öyster Cult song, Flaming Telepaths, on its new EP The Weed Tree, due out 10/18. How cool is that? I know, I’m probably the only one here who cares. I don’t [...]
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