The 2009 Non Wrap-Up
Wherein a don’t quite write a 2009 musical wrap-up.
Still Driving (Part 3)
Previously on Still Driving (1,2)…David Stillman needed music for a road trip that would take him from Chico, CA to Boulder, CO. He would stay mostly on I80. Here is his playlist. Well, the last part at least. Meat Beat Manifesto — Satyricon is an amazing piece of work. Jack Dangers, the mad genius behind [...]
Still Driving (Part 2)
Previously on Still Driving…David Stillman needed music for a road trip that would take him from Chico, CA to Boulder, CO. He would stay mostly on I80. Here is his playlist. Well, the middle part at least. The Final Cut — Consumed is hard to explain with going into the history of Wax Trax! Records [...]
Still Driving (Part 1)
Recently David Stillman asked me to provide him with an 4GB iPod Nano worth of music for a drive from Chico, CA to Boulder, CO. Normally I love a challenge such as this, but this wasn’t just a road trip; this was him moving to Boulder. We were all sad to see him go, but [...]
Recently Overplayed
I have a longer 2009 wrap-up piece in the works, but I want to get a few recent albums in front of you that I can’t get off my currently played list. Matt & Kim — Grand (iTunes|Amazon) Yeasayer — Oddblood (iTunes|Amazon) Vampire Weekend — Contra (iTunes|Amazon) Low vs Diamond — Low vs Diamond (iTunes|Amazon)
Hot August Tunes
Wherein I blow the budget on summer tunes.
The Songs of Early Summer
Wherein we go through some of the music from the early months of summer.
The Music of Spring
Previously I had been hunting for new music, and I did a pretty good job finding bands that I liked. Then I took a little break from “new” and went back to “tried and true.” Mostly. The last two and a half months have seen releases from some of my favorite groups and they did [...]
Hunting for Tunes
It’s a rainy Sunday, so I decided I would camp in front of the computer and demand new tunes from the intertubes. I wasn’t especially impressed with what Amazon or iTunes had to recommend, so I went back to my adopted roots, britpop. When I want britpop news, for better or worse, I go to [...]
Aerial Recollections, Continued
Wherein we continue to look at old photos, resurrected.