I’ve written before about my appreciation of the music writers over at the Onion A.V. Club. Unlike much of what comes out of Pitchfork, the A.V. Club people actually seem to enjoy music and writing about it, and have a sense of humor to boot. So it was with great pleasure that I read this [...]
Tagged onion av clubAfter watching Cee-Lo Green perform on Saturday Night Live the weekend before last, my wife and I were excited to buy his new CD, The Lady Killer. (OOH! Even the name is exciting!! I wonder what ladies he’s going to kill, and in what ways!!) So I trotted over to my local record store to purchase [...]
Tagged bonus tracks, Cee-Lo Green, Help!, iTunes, Japan, rip-off, Rubber Soul, Saint Etienne, Tales from Turnpike House, The Beatles, The Lady KillerDoes it matter that I was only marginally blown away by Datarock‘s first album? Does it matter that I haven’t listened to that album in months, or that I never bothered to get their other album? Does it matter that this will probably cost mucho $$$$, which I could probably spend on many other items?! [...]
Tagged Datarock, fapfapfap, schwagzOMG Of Montreal has a new digital boxset out in the iTunes Store. It contains the band’s last five albums, plus nearly 30 bonus tracks and 10 videos. And a digital booklet!! [fap fap fap fap fap] Really, I’m not a huge OM fan, but this is too much to resist. TO THE INTERWEBS!!!
Tagged bonus tracks, boxset, fapfapfap, Of MontrealI 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, XTC