January 23, 2006 – 1:08 pm ·
A couple days ago a minor milestone slips past us. This blog, in its current incarnation, turns two. I’d started a blog four years ago, but I abandoned it when I decided to move to Los Angeles. That explains the odd gap in the archives. The blog hasn’t grown much. But the posts have gotten […]
January 21, 2006 – 10:47 am ·
Just a note. I’ve begun a transition from Blogger to WordPress. I like the flexibility and elegance of WordPress. Also, think I’d like to archive this thing a little better. Someone looking for “music stuff,” for example, should be able to click on a category and see all my posts about music. Same goes for […]
January 16, 2006 – 8:21 am ·
Hey, any of you who’ve been reading along as Michael Keefe’s been reviewing tunes for this site might be interested in the most recent email I got from him. Michael sez: I have been taken on as a CD reviewer for PopMatters, a daily arts/pop culture review site. It is one of the two CD […]
January 15, 2006 – 12:38 am ·
Thomas Newman: Welcome To The Suck (224kps mp3) Thomas Newman: Raining Oil Previous Newman obsessions: Angels In America Men Don’t Leave Speaking of used cd’s, I notice the Buzz section of the most current issue of Los Angeles Magazine contains a mini-grunt about the jobs in LA with the best perks Amoeba is right up […]
January 11, 2006 – 9:27 am ·
We all have those bands or artists or singers we love to think of as our own. We discover them early, suffer the blank looks and empty stares when we try to explain who it is we’re listening to and wish others would just wise up and figure it out. And then if the artist […]
January 4, 2006 – 8:50 am ·
The Lady Mo over at she b mo posts eloquently about the ups and downs of being a DJ: Another really annoying thing, both on radio and in venues, is when people request something totally out of whack with what you are currently playing. On the radio, I could be doing a country set and […]
December 31, 2005 – 8:34 am ·
(I’ve moved this post to a new page. I took some time to re-work the description of the collection and shoved into its own page. Click here to check it out.)
December 27, 2005 – 9:43 pm ·
Man, now Mr. Schiavelli’s gone. I loved this guy. What a cool actor. And though I’d never dined with him, I always heard he was quite the chef.
December 27, 2005 – 6:07 pm ·
My mission: climb to the Hollywood Sign. Objective: determine whether the Space Invader art installed by the artist Invader is still in place, or whether it’s been stolen just like all the rest of it. It’s Christmas morning. I drag myself out of bed at eight, suit up and then drive up through the morning […]
December 24, 2005 – 9:36 pm ·
While I’m still putzing around with my own year-end compilation, Portland bookslinger, sonic sage and jack-of-all-tunes , Michael Keefe, has scoured his vast knowledge of music-heavy 2005 and come up with his list of Top Ten Albums from the past year. Check ’em out. Yeah, I know, I know. You’d think he’d come up with […]
December 23, 2005 – 2:13 pm ·
I’m spending a couple days in San Luis Obispo before returning to LA for Christmastime pandemonium at work. On a walk downtown this morning, I finally got a chance to take some pics of the wonderful walls of Bubblegum Alley. Enjoy. And for more pics (not to mention larger ones) I posted a mini-set over […]
December 18, 2005 – 12:58 am ·
I talk to Maryann today. I haven’t seen her for a couple days. She’s been out sick, and as always, I wrestle down the urge to call her and bug her and find out what’s wrong. This time, she says, things were a little out of the ordinary. What she tells me has me staring […]
December 15, 2005 – 7:20 pm ·
Oh, man. Cute overload, indeed.
December 14, 2005 – 10:37 am ·
LA Record is a magazine. No, no,it’s not a magazine, it’s a poster. It’s a magazine! It’s a poster! It’s a magazine AND it’s a poster. On one side is the cover art. On the other side, the content. I love their “covers,” each edition taking a local band and re-casting them in the image […]
