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…
Author: LBDG
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…
Nick Hornby, Audrey Niffenegger & Me
I’d call it an early Xmas present, but this review from Goodreads was actually posted in June and I managed to miss it. The Nick Hornby / Audrey Niffenegger comparison is quite flattering 🙂 I’ve always referred to Timely Persuasion as a rock and roll time travel novel, and this nails both sides of that coin. I…
Smashwords, eBooks, iBooks
Smashwords.com manages the eBook distribution of Timely Persuasion to the Apple iBookstore, Barnes & Noble Nook, Sony, Kobo, and Diesel.  They handle the format conversion and distribution, which is huge.  I probably could handle the conversions myself, but it’s so time consuming it wouldn’t be worth it.  (I did my own formatting for the Amazon Kindle…
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…
Ramblings V
Been awhile since I posted… Saw the 25th anniversary re-release of Back To The Future a few weeks ago. Â Still holds up and still the best. Â Noticed this time around that in many of the 1955 scenes George McFly has his shirt only tucked in on one side, which reminded me of Daniel Faraday from…
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…
Expiration Date = TP Remake?
Just finished reading an awesome novel featuring: A recently unemployed journalist who goes back in time A musician father in the past Time travel that works by just thinking hard about a specific date An inability to visit the same date twice Being ghost-like and invisible to most people while back in time Always traveling…
#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…
Synopsis
Couldn’t have described it better myself. (via ChaCha.com)