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…
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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…
Mike Doughty’s Hand(writing)
Had a couple of recent questions about the font on the setlists in the paperback, which caused me to realize I never blogged about the origin of that in any detail. Could have sworn I did, but a quick scan of the archives proves otherwise. Here we go: Once upon a time a designer named…
All About The Benji Hughes
Every once in a great while a record comes around that just plain blows your mind. One that lands in heavy rotation, building up steam and momentum with each listen. You may like or even love other albums, but the magical ones like this are few and far between. Music so good you can’t stop…
F
Random observation I had the other day: “F” is one heck of a consistently good letter in my iTunes library when sorted by Artist: Faces Faith No More Fats Waller The Feelies Feist Felix McTeigue The Fiery Furnaces Fine Young Cannibals (covering “Ever Fallen In Love” by the Buzzcocks) Fiona Apple Five Man Electrical Band…
Another Man’s DG
While walking the dog I had a random thought: Why did I use “Local Boy Done Good” instead of “Local Boy Done Gone” in TP? This question came out of nowhere. There was no internal debate over the name of Local Boy or his album during the writing phase. I honestly don’t remember any distinct…
First Impressions on Wilco (The Album)
The new Wilco record is streaming for free at the band’s official site (www.wilcoworld.net), so I thought I’d blog my early impressions. To be fair, “first” impressions in the title is a slight exaggeration; this is technically my third listen that I’m writing about. (And in the interest of full disclosure: I’m notorious for disliking…