Someday somebody’s gonna ask you
Last fall my brother got married and the first song that he and his new bride danced to was the Rhett Miller tune “Question.” It was the perfect song for the perfect moment. They played the version that appeared on his excellent 2006 album The Believer. The new version has keys and synths in all (Read more…)
Review: The Panda Band – This Vital Chapter (or) pandas in the wilderness
I’m writing this from the garage steps of my mother-in-law’s house in Central Pennsylvania and I’m desperately trying to make the most of this spotty unsecured wireless network that I am (gladly) able to (barely) connect to. Anyhow, most people like pandas and think that they are cute little animals. That really isn’t relevant to (Read more…)
Do you feel like we feel
Ain’t nothing like sittn’ on the back porch swing, getting my classic rock on, and sippin’ on an ice cold Straub. MP3 | Peter Frampton – Do You Feel Like We Do? Frampton Comes Alive MP3 | Peter Frampton – Show Me The Way Frampton Comes Alive
Review: Para One – Epiphanie (or) transfer cables and data mining
Epiphanie is the debut full-length from French electro producer Para One. It is full of excellent dancefloor-ready and Atari-inspired IDM freakouts. Recommended for fans of Justice (they’re so hot right now), Daft Punk, and the like. Get out your jogging suits and headbands and guzzle down some Sparks. It’s on. MP3 | Para One – (Read more…)
The songs of the cicada
What is that thing? That (my friends) is a cicada and right now in the Chicago area they are everywhere. There are places (such as where the pictures here were taken) that you can find up to 1.5 million of these insects per acre. (1.5 million!) Luckily for us here in northern Illinois, these cicadas (Read more…)
The garage is not a dugout mix
So I did get the iPod/Zune/MP3 auxiliary input installed in the car last night and it sounds pretty good. Here is an abbreviated shuffle mix of what was playing last night as I removed the center console and disconnected the negative battery terminal. Maybe we’ll replay it at the garage sale this morning. And then (Read more…)
Terrible Twos cd giveaway
So this afternoon we took our little one Hailey (who is now 19 months old) to see her first rock concert. One of her (I mean our) favorites, The Terrible Twos (ex-Get Up Kids singer Matt Pryor and his New Amsterdams mates), played a kid-friendly matinee show at Schubas. It was pretty cool. One band (Read more…)
Review: Erik Mongrain – Fates (or) French is a language I don’t understand
Erik Mongrain is a self-taught French-Canadian guitar player that absolutely shreds. On his recently released debut full-length Fates Mongrain demonstrates the percussive two-handed tapping technique he calls “air-tap” that makes an acoustic guitar emit tones I never thought it could. Its like Van Halen meets James Taylor; furious but soothing. Fates is an album brimming (Read more…)
The classics never go out of style
TGIF in a big big way this week. We got a new (old) car this week and all it has is the radio and a cassette deck. I’m waiting for the aux input we ordered to arrive (hopefully tomorrow) and since I haven’t bothered to dig out any old tapes I’ve been stuck with the (Read more…)
