Concert Review: Jens Lekman, Somebody’s Dining Room (Secret Show), 6/16/11
After midnight last night, as we cruised up Downing Street, I said, “I’d sure like to know who’s getting married in town that flew in Jens Lekman to perform at the wedding.” “Me too,” my friend said. We plan to check the society pages of the Sunday Denver Post. (If you’re reading this, newlyweds, congratulations!) […]
Recommended Reading: Lots of the Internet on Odd Future
Not to get too detailed, but the extent to which my job is sucking all the joy and energy out of everything I do is increasing and also getting kind of scary. I’ve got a couple of coping mechanisms. First, there’s all the things in Google Reader that aren’t my job that I read on […]
Recommended Reading and a Mother’s Day Message
Paste put up a fantastic piece about eighteen musicians who are also mothers, and the highs and lows about making music and raising kids at the same time. I’m glad to see it, and it’s definitely recommended reading. Another set of moms deserves recognition and thanks today. I started thinking about it a few weeks […]
Album Review: Fleet Foxes, “Helplessness Blues”
Once upon a time, I was headed off to see Wilco in Bend, Oregon. As I tend to do, I checked to see who was opening, because I tend to get a lot more enjoyment out of concerts if I’m at least a little familiar with what I’m about to see. Opening for Wilco at […]
Wow, That’s A Good Song: Lady Gaga Fugue
When I was a lot younger I took piano lessons. I took a lot of piano lessons. And the stuff I liked best, and played best, was all Baroque. I’ve looked back on my days romping through The Well-Tempered Clavier with fondness and nostalgia, I’ve longed for piano access so I could revisit scales and […]
On Andrew Bird’s “Armchair Apocrypha”
By Mel on June 16, 2011
For me, this whole Andrew Bird thing has always come back to Armchair Apocrypha. 2008. In January I drop everything and move to Colorado. February rolls around, and Wilco starts their five-night stand at the Riviera where they play every song on every studio album and then some, featuring guest horn section — and guest […]
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