I seem to have hit another of those lengthy posting lags while the world gets in the way. Â Ramblings time: Been digging the new Back To The Future Game from Telltale. Â It’s essentially BTTF IV, starting off 6 months after the trilogy ends in 1986 and has Marty bouncing back and forth between 1931 and…
Category: Music
Painting Tasters Done Good
Ever since Timely Persuasion came out back in 2008 I’ve always wanted to do some sort of tie-in soundtrack type thing featuring covers of the Local Boy songs, but various attempts to get a project like that off the ground always stalled for one reason or another. Â Until now… Lounge Act by Ken Gordon Back…
Of The Year – 2010
Year end music recap time. 2010 was weird. Felt so-so for new music, but was probably the best concert year of recent memory due to a heavy dose of nostalgia. Albums: 1. The Flood — Mason Jennings A new album of old songs is an odd choice for the top slot, but like I said…
Memories of Weezer
The year of nostalgia concerts (including Evan Dando, Pavement, Faith No More, and James) added another classic on Friday night with Weezer doing The Blue Album in its entirety over at Universal. Weezer (Blue) has always held a fond place in my heart since first hearing “Undone – The Sweater Song” as a screamer of…
Someone Else is Rediscovering Pavement
The best love letter to a band disguised as a letter to your past self (or is it vice versa?) that I have ever read: Wait, You’ve Never Heard: Pavement — Brighten The Corners My favorite quote: “There’s a magic to the moment you finally love a band, and anyone who says he or she was with…
#1 Record
While trying to convince Jon Mack to listen to A Love Extreme by Benji Hughes last week I mentioned that it had taken over my favorite album of all time slot. He immediately pushed back that it was a little early for such a bold claim, citing that Music by 311 was once a favorite…
I Went With Some Friends to See Benji Hughes…
…it was the greatest show I ever saw. I’ve been dying to see Benji Hughes live since discovering him back in October via an article in The Believer magazine that sat unread on our coffee table for several weeks. By the time I got around to reading it and listening to his album I learned…
Coachella Recap
A little late, but here’s a quick band by band breakdown of Coachella weekend. You’ll notice no Friday update. Â That’s because after 2.5+ hours in traffic we were still miles away from the parking lot and decided to abort until the next day. Â So no Perry Farrell, She & Him, The Specials, Them Crooked Vultures,…
Rediscovering Pavement
Anticipation for the Pavement reunion at Coachella has put the band into increased rotation for me as of late, and I’m loving them even more than I did way back when. I’d still break out Crooked Rain or Slanted and Enchanted every couple of months, but that was about it. Now I’m devouring everything like…
Of The Year – 2009
I’ve always wanted to “officially” track a best of the year music list, and figured here would be the most appropriate place to do it. 1. Sad Man Happy Man — Mike Doughty I had huge expectations going in after an interview said this would sound like Skittish & Rockity Roll, and Doughty delivered in…