Read about this cool 6 songs of your life idea via NPR about a month ago and have been thinking about it ever since. After several drafts, here are my six… “Taxi” by Harry Chapin My parents are big Harry Chapin fans and would play this a lot when I was little. So much that…
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Of The Year – 2013
It’s best of time again… 1. We The Common — Thao & The Get Down Stay Down This album came out in January and managed to hold the top go to slot all year. Rockin’ and poppy, with shades of The Breeders here and there. Saw them live three times this year and they didn’t disappoint….
November 22nd
Impromptu playlist for 11/22:
Re-imagined, Reissued, Remixed, Recovered
My original plan wasn’t to review these two albums together, but when the synergy hit me I couldn’t pass it up. Nirvana & Mike Doughty somehow managed to intertwine themselves with my musical DNA years ago and haven’t ever let go. Nevermind was my first favorite album and the one that pretty much made me who…
A Wiki Edit That Makes Me Sad
This isn’t the kind of time travel I like 🙁 Benji Hughes – Wikipedia February 2013 Edit: August 2013 Edit: Guess Thao & The Get Down Stay Down won’t have the competition for album(s) of the year I was hoping they would. (Then again, Mike Doughty has this thing coming up…)
Outside Lands Recap
In the spirit of my 2010 Coachella recap, here are some thoughts on last weekend’s Fester-esque trip to Outside Lands in San Francisco. Arrived a little late on Friday, mostly getting the lay of the land while gearing up for Paul McCartney’s highly anticipated headlining set and fulfillment of my lifelong dream to see a…
Fester Commentary
The Coachella Lineup announcement reminded/inspired me to work on the long delayed commentary for my “Fester” short story. I’ll use the same bulleted stream of consciousness format from the old series of Timely Persuasion commentary posts. Warning: Some of the below contains minor spoilers. If you haven’t read “Fester” you probably don’t want to read…
Of The Year – 2012
The Play ‘Em All experiment meant that I didn’t give new music the attention I usually do in 2012, but that doesn’t mean I don’t have a top list. (And yes, once again I was too busy/lazy to post this when I should have so I’m time traveling back to insert this post.) 1. Boys…
Play ’em All
Christmas Eve was an especially historic day this year. Â It ended up being the conclusion of my yearlong project to listen to all 13,747 songs in my iTunes library at least once in 2012. Â Started with “A Commotion” by Feist and ended with “I Wrote A Book About Rock and Roll” by Dr. Frank (of…
Year Zero
Recently finished reading Year Zero by Rob Reid and mostly dug it. Â Learned about the book via this headline on the All Songs Considered Blog: Aliens Have Landed, Hoping To License All Of Humanity’s Music Gets a little wacky and a little campy at times, but overall it’s a heck of a fun ride. Â I…