Visual Coercion

Bradford Cox Kurt Vile and the Violators Ted Leo, Henry Art Gallery Seattle, WA A Camp November 17, 2009 at LPR One more of David Bazan at Bowery Ballroom 10/18/09 John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats

Musique in le 2010

What a year. My apartment burned down, I got into a PhD program, I got engaged, I spent the summer sweltering in the Midwest, I got married, I drove across the entire country with my wife, and I just finished my first quarter as a doctoral candidate. Did I listen to any music?  Let’s perform [...]

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Summer Living/Summer Listening

I’ve been marinating in my own musky grown-up smells with the ample help of 90 degree 100% humidity weather all summer as I work on reacquiring my foreign language skills.  My bar slouch is turning into a desk slouch. That’s where I’ve been. I have managed to listen to just a very few things since [...]

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My Music Picks for ’07

In the midst of all that music coming out that’s demanding an equal amount of your diminishing time and attention (that amount is 100%, if you weren’t aware) there are still gems…. In no particular order, the records I liked the most this year are: Private Lives – Private Life (can still be bought as part of the Soul Jazz Records singles compilation.)

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