Andrew Bird, St Vincent, Lyle Lovett, Rachael Yamagata, Tom Waits, The Explorers Club.
Just checking in…
Twitter, Flickr, Facebook Make Blogs Look So 2004.
Where have I been for the past few months? Twitter. But I doubt I’ll put a bunch of ads here to generate traffic. I might just take this down. After the hack-in a couple years back my SEO is shall we say, sub-optimal.
Welcome, twenty-ten. One year later than twenty-0-9.
Hearing people call the previous years two-thousand-nine (&c) made me nearly sick:)
When giants walked the earth, indeed. This is on my list for future reading!
This is one of the few bands who remind me of the Winter season.
40 Years Old, ECM Still Builds a Style Without Walls – NYTimes.com.
Happy birthday to ECM. My favorite recording company for the past many years and hoping that they last for many more years.
Sky Saxon, Lead Singer for the Seeds, Dies – Obituary (Obit) – NYTimes.com.
The Seeds…among the most under-rated bands of their day. Both way ahead of their time, and the essence of their time. They were both groovy and punk at the same time. What a great sound, the NOW sound in all its splendor. They were, indeed, the NOW sound.
Now he rests…up in Her room…
Also see this LA Times obit.
King Of Pop Dead At 12 | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source.
Well, it is true that his best work was with the Jackson 5.
Add this to your computer’s spell check dictionary!
From Ben Folds’ Way To Normal epic work.
Music – Steve Earle Frees Townes Van Zandt From His Myth – NYTimes.com.
Texas…Townes Van Zandt…Steve Earle…Lyle Lovett…
Interesting interactions. Article discusses Earle’s latest album of tunes from his mentor.
Swan Song for Patelson Music House, a Store and Clubhouse – NYTimes.com.
Wow, walking into Patelson’s was like walking into a candy story. So much to choose from. Well-stocked shelves with prices written by hand, with pencil, on the inside front page. It was always a highlight to go there back when I used to take the train into the city.
So sad, like so many other things, a sign of change. Of things no longer the same. It was a really, really, cool place.