I know I go to more concerts than the average person. But October was nuts even for me. Let me count the ways… October 1 – The Felice Brothers at the Roxy The Felices are my wife’s favorite band, and have come to hold a special place in my heart too. Â Their show was a…
Ramblings VIII
I mentioned before that I’ve only had 3 favorite albums in my lifetime. A three day stretch in April had me revisiting the whole Nirvana catalogue for the 20th Anniversary, the release of 6 new Benji Hughes songs, and the announcement of a new Mike Doughty album. Synergy is cool. In that awesome Vulture article…
Kurt Cobain + Time Travel = 3 Books
Fun fact: Searching for Cobain time travel on Amazon yields 3 results: Lost in the ’90s by Frank Anthony Polito: A teenaged rocker stage-dives during a ’90s themed dance and wakes up in 1994. Eating the Dinosaur by Chuck Klosterman: An essay collection featuring unrelated sections on time travel and Kurt Cobain. Timely Persuasion by JL Civi:Â A…
6 Songs of Your Life
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…
Enumerating the Top Time Travel Stories
Timely Persuasion was recently named third favorite time travel story on the Enumeration Podcast! It was an honor to be named here amongst several other great time travel tales. The three hosts came up with quite a set of stories altogether. Their complete lists are covered below – but check out the full episode for…
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:
Remember Remember the 5th of November
November 5th continues to be one of my favorite pseudo-holidays for obvious time travel geekery reasons. In honor of that great red-letter date, here are a few BTTF tidbits found in Timely Persuasion. Chapter 3: After a year of constantly playing the Back to the Future soundtrack, my uncle took me to see Huey Lewis…
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…)