Continuing on the road of the perhaps not-so-merry is this song from a band whose name implies its members are hunting one of Mr. Kringle’s famous reindeer. I first came across Blitzen Trapper a few years ago when I downloaded their song “Furr” for free from someplace where you can download free songs (it was […]
In the week leading up to Christmas, I am going to be highlighting some (possibly) lesser-known tunes for your very much holiday enjoyment. So, without further ado, I give you: “A Great Big Sled” – The Killers You know how when you learn of something awesome and realize that your former world was lacking? I
Really not that long ago I can still remember how that pastry used to make me smile And I know if I had one more In its wrapper it would store And maybe I’d have no cravings for awhile But those confectioners made me shiver With every picket sign they quivered Bad news on the
Three years ago today, I walked into the Westcott Theater in Syracuse, NY, and discovered one of the awesomest bands around. That band is SIRSY. Since then, I’ve seen at least fifty of their shows (mostly in the Syracuse area), and they’ve even deigned to call me friend. On the occasion of my third Sirsy-versary,
Under my name at the top of the site here are three words I’ve used to describe myself: Author. Musician. Libertarian. I’ve prominently displayed the author and libertarian part (together, even, especially in my serialized novel Freedom Plot…which I promise will have a new episode soon), but I haven’t really displayed much of the musician
Last night, I saw pianist Tim Minchin play at the Wilbur Theater in Boston with two of my friends, Dave and Matt. I never heard of the guy before a few weeks ago when Dave asked if I wanted to go. Not having many expectations going into it, I have to say I was absolutely
I’m pretty stoked – I had a list published today at McSweeney’s Internet Tendency titled Common Sense Solutions to Alt-Pop Song Problems. I got the idea while listening to Matchbox 20’s song “3 AM” at 7 in the evening. I was eating the Chicago Classic at Uno’s. The line “the clock on the wall has
I was listening to commercial radio earlier today – a rather unusual occurrence, I assure you – and “Nothing Else Matters” by Metallica came piping through my tinny, muffled but otherwise adequate car audio system. It brought back memories of sitting in my college dorm room and trying to learn how to fingerpick the opening
I’ve recently been re-ripping my entire CD collection to FLAC. It’s been kind of a pain in the ass, but I will be glad to have everything in a lossless format. It also untethers me from keeping my music collection in iTunes, which is kinda nice. I plan to jailbreak my iTouch and install vlc4iphone
