Earth and sky
Song one is from Battles. They feature former members of Helmet and Don Caballero as well as Tyondai Braxton. Pretty good stuff if you like the more experimental side of math-rock. Song two is from Greg Davis. He is an electro-acoustic artist who also does a lot of field recordings. More good stuff. MP3 | (Read more…)
All fired up about nothing at all
You may or may not know Jonah Matranga from his previous work. he fronted the amazing band Far who released their masterpiece Water & Solutions in 1998. You may also know him as Onelinedrawing or the frontman for the short-lived New End Original. His latest group, however, is called Gratitude. They recently released their self-titled (Read more…)
The shape of blogs to come
I go and stick up for the guy and what does he do for me? He gets himself busted for juicin’. C’mon Rafael! Why’d you have to go and do a thing like that? Next topic: Does anyone even listen to the music that I post? I sometimes get the feeling that all of y’all (Read more…)
Oh beautiful one
Hip hip hooray! I didn’t have class tonight so I decided it would be a nice to take my lovely wife out for dinner. Not having class on Friday night is a wonderful thing and as busy as I have been with work and school lately, I feel like I haven’t been spending enough time (Read more…)
My stash would make them laugh
RIP Karate 1993-2005 Yes, it’s true. One of the most innovative indie rock bands of the last decade has decided to call it quits. I was first introduced to Karate a few years ago by a friend of mine. They effectively melded indie rock with jazz, blues, and the plaintive (but poetic) vocals of Geoff (Read more…)
Two cats and two songs
We have two cats. There is a big fat black one and a little brown/gray/orange-ish striped one. The little one is Indie. We have lived with her for seven years now and she is more a troublemaker now than she was as a kitten. She and Oliver are both from Indianapolis, and despite her name, (Read more…)
I’m only (un)happy when it rains
It’s raining! It’s pouring! I don’t care what Jacob says, we really need the rain that we are finally getting today. Rain is good for grass, flowers, trees, and all other plants. Rain is good for life. People are 70% water and rain is 100% water. (That last one didn’t really make any sense). Rain (Read more…)
Flash photography allowed
I just got a new (at least to me) camera so now I just need to learn how to take decent pictures with it. I have always encouraged my wife to be the photographer of the family, but I thought it was about time for me to give it a try. The camera is a (Read more…)
Congratulate my brother or big ups to straightedge
So my brother now has a Blogger site where he will (hopefully) post lots of his writing. He is a very talented fellow who is holed up at Southern Illinois University working on his MFA degree. A few weeks ago he got engaged to a girl that he met while working at Caribou Coffee and (Read more…)
