Visual Coercion

Ted Leo, Henry Art Gallery Seattle, WA Ted Leo, Henry Art Gallery Seattle, WA John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats Atlas Sound Chuck Ragan at Knitting Factory Tribeca 12/1/07 Ted Leo, Henry Art Gallery Seattle, WA

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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Some Other Records I Liked in 2009 That Did Not Necessarily Come Out in 2009

Chrisma: Chinese Restaurant (1977) I have to thank the proprietors of Zamboni Soundtracks for turning me on to a lot of really up-my-alley stuff this year.  This was one of those recordings the path towards the discovery of which Zamboni lit with their tireless, tasteful tune torch-bearing.  According to that blog, this husband and wife [...]

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Diversion on a Monday

A weekend of halcyon days in the sun gone, a few tunes should be put on. A few songs to put a person through an hour or so, to foment some small rebellion among the androids, to encourage a rising up against the civilized worm.  Give the human race a try, get back to the [...]

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