I’m working from home today (sometimes I feel like should use air-quotes around the word “working” when I say that) and listening to Of Montreal, specifically the album Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (WTF name?) I don’t listen to Of Montreal that much, probably not as much as I should, but frequently when I [...]
Tagged catchy, Memphis, Of Montreal, videoI don’t remember anything about 26 December 2002 really. It being the day after Christmas, I was very likely visiting family, perhaps in Knoxville or Heflin, maybe Florida, but I don’t know sure. Maybe I spent part of the day on the road, listening to music on my trusty iPod as I traveled from one [...]
Tagged Beastie Boys, Earn Enough for Us, iPod, iTunes, Led Zeppelin, Licensed to Ill, No Hassle, Paul Revere, Play Count, Plays, the past, Tosca, XTCWell this is disappointing. Not that the Pains of Being Pure at Heart are touring with Twin Shadow, but that they are not coming to Memphis on their tour. Atlanta? Check. Birmingham? Yep. New Orleans? You betcha. Austin? Got it. But no Memphis. Maybe they just couldn’t fit Memphis into their tour plans. Fine. I [...]
Tagged concert, Memphis, the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, tourWell what Flaming Lips fan wouldn’t be excited about this. And given that I own somewhere near 20 Flaming Lips CDs, I guess I can call myself a fan. As proof, here’s a picture of the Flaming Lips section of my CD collection. Pretty awesome, huh?
Tagged The Flaming LipsHey everyone. Not being one to pass on a rock music-oriented documentary (the more obscure the subject, the better), I was excited to see this posted on pitchfork.tv. (It’s a documentary on the punk rock scene in Chicago in the late 70s and early 80s.) Watch and enjoy.
Well, if the title of this post doesn’t give away the song I’m apparently a little ashamed to like, nothing will, except perhaps for the video. Here it is … Like the past entries in my Guilty Pleasures series, I feel the need to explain the nature of my devotion, however shameful, to this song. [...]
I awoke this morning to an unseasonably cold, rainy, and generally nasty day. Biking to work at 7:30 this morning was no fun, but as always I’m glad I did. My 8:00 AM appointment was a little late, but at least she showed up – students skipping out on meetings is bad enough, but doing [...]
I laughed when I read about this, but then rolled my eyes a bit when I read this. An entire restaurant menu and beer devoted to one band? This is certainly not the most egregious form of product tie-in, but seriously. Nothing against Wilco mind you; maybe it’s the dad-rock entrepreneurs cashing in on their [...]
Sadly, this question has now been answered. Rest in peace, Corey.