'music' Archive
dealing with it gracelessly
8 March 2010, 6:51 am
subtitle (or excerpt)
I’m not among those hit worst: those who have to clean up the metaphorical and physical mess, those who loved him, those with a hole in their lives where a friend use to be. Everybody who has to be wondering, now, if they had only done some little thing differently, if the story might have […]
read “dealing with it gracelessly”
Posted in music, too much information
2 comments
wish I’d heard about this…
23 November 2009, 8:47 am
subtitle (or excerpt)
. . .in time to contribute at least a little something:
Do It Again: One Man’s Quest to Reunite the Kinks.
Sounds like a very interesting project — hope it gets finished, is accepted into some festivals, lands a distribution deal and plays somewhere I can catch it, and ultimately gets a DVD release I can get my hands […]
read “wish I’d heard about this…”
Posted in music, film
No comments
Days of Agreement: 03
3 March 2009, 10:14 am
subtitle (or excerpt)
Nemesis was originally recorded by Shriekback on their excellent 1985 release, Oil and Gold. Shriekback’s most recent album is Glory Bumps in 2007. If you like this cover, please support the band. If you hate the cover, support the band anyway! It sounds nothing like them.
The original “Nemesis” is mostly propelled by Martyn Barker’s […]
read “Days of Agreement: 03”
Posted in songs, without shame
4 comments
Days of Agreement: 02
21 February 2009, 5:01 pm
subtitle (or excerpt)
It was pointed out to me after the fact that this song was supposed to have been released on Groundhog’s Day, and it was suggested to me that I missed an opportunity to write a song for the holiday. It also occurs to me that people always like the silly songs better, but I continue […]
read “Days of Agreement: 02”
Posted in songs, without shame
No comments
Days of Agreement: 01
1 January 2009, 12:01 am
subtitle (or excerpt)
The opening track is a very short song called Moving to Massachusetts. Like all stories, it’s true.
I made all the noises. Equipment used: Rode NTK microphone, ProTools LE.
The next track will appear on February 2nd, 2009. It will probably be somewhat less short and less a capella.
Days of Agreement is relased under the Creative […]
read “Days of Agreement: 01”
Posted in songs, without shame
One comment
well, duh
21 November 2008, 2:32 pm
subtitle (or excerpt)
Ever wonder why so many metal band logos look alike? Stop wondering.
read “well, duh”
Posted in music, marketing
2 comments
radio, radio
14 April 2008, 8:11 am
subtitle (or excerpt)
I’ll be spinning tunes on WMBR tomorrow.
read “radio, radio”
Posted in music, without shame, cambridge
No comments
ok, I’ll play
26 January 2008, 12:58 pm
subtitle (or excerpt)
i followed yellowjkt’s directions except I used Flickr’s Creative Commons Attribution/Non-commercial filter to pick IMG_4894 (which really looks much better uncropped), by noswonky.
My quote was Ernest Hemmingway’s “Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.” (I think I’d heard that before and suppressed it, as I probably will again.) My random wiki page, […]
read “ok, I’ll play”
Posted in music, meta, personal
4 comments