September 12, 2007 – 1:36 pm
The Onion manages to nail what it is that I love and hate about Pitchfork. The music review site is informative and musically aware, but they can certainly get verbose and elitist. They’re, on the whole, better writers than Harry Knowles and his crew, but I still skip down lower in the review and begin […]
I return from the desert very early Monday morning. The next day I work. And then the day after that, I work. At last, Wednesday, I get to crash. And crash, I do. I completely shut down for the day, dehydrated, lethargic, cranky. It’s not until today that I’m able to sort through the last […]
April 30, 2007 – 11:49 am
I’m back in Hollywoodland. Pics and videos of Day 3 coming soon.
April 29, 2007 – 11:53 am
The temps get higher, the music gets louder. Today there’s more for me to check out, but most of what I really want to see is in the heat of the day. So I stock up on water and just deal with it. There are some more pics on the Flickr set. And I put […]
April 28, 2007 – 12:12 pm
No, I’m not blogging yet. But I guess I am, though only to show you a few of the sights and sounds of Coachella 2007. Here’s a link to the Flickr set. Here’s a link to my movie page, with some nifty little clips of Faithless, Benny Benassi and the “Do Lab.” More to come.
January 24, 2007 – 11:26 am
A year ago, music advisor, string-plucker and minstrel extraordinaire, Michael Keefe, advised on his ten favorite albums of 2005. Another year has come and gone and this time he’s got twenty albums in his top ten. Check out the full explanation here. I have my own list, and even though it’s getting rather late, I […]
January 22, 2007 – 9:31 am
Stereogum reports that yesterday, Golden Voice, the promoters behind the Coachella Music Festival, made a certain number of three day passes available for $200. The discount code, apparently, was ‘Roxanne.’ I know there are no lineup confirmations (though people seem to think David Bowie is dropping in) but with the recent news of the 30-year […]
January 8, 2007 – 2:55 pm
At last, I’ve solved a long time music mystery. I’ve ID’d a mystery track that’s eluded me for a long time. Four years ago I pick up a copy of one of Pete Tong’s Essential Mix radio programs. The guest for that night is Mr. John Digweed, who proceeds to lay down one of my […]
December 29, 2006 – 1:00 am
Occasionally I’m scrolling through the music folder on my hard drive and I come across something that I just don’t recognize. It happens this morning as I’m loading up the ol’ Rio Carbon for the drive north to Santa Barbara. “Electric President?” WTF? Who the heck are they? I run a quick check on allmusic.com. […]
December 18, 2006 – 8:00 am
It’s Monday. You know what that means. Time to share with you all my new favorite song. Way back in the mists of early 2006, Rainer Maria released their first new studio thingy in years. It’s called, “Catastrophe Keeps Us Together.” It takes me until now to actually listen to it because, well, sometimes I’m […]
December 17, 2006 – 8:00 am
Christmas is here. It’s hard to tell, here in Hollywood, except the sparkly illuminated stars stretch down Santa Monica Boulevard from La Brea to Doheny. I love those. They always seem to magically appear one night, like presents under a tree. One day, it’s just plain ol’ Santa Monica Boulevard, the next it’s the Avenue […]
