I have to say that one of the best, most wonderful things about this crazy Interwebs tube thing is the ease with which you can find music. Sometimes I think fondly back to the days of my youth, when I’d comb the racks of tapes at the local music store — which seemed like the […]
Time to interject some (more) non-musical stuff here… As a relatively-recent dad, I’m utterly terrified to talk to friends with high-school-aged (and even middle-school-aged) kids these days. Maybe it’s an incorrect perception, but it sure sounds like the lives kid lead are ridiculously, insanely complicated and busy. How can it be fun, to be continually […]
Damn. I’ve been meaning to post about this for days now, seriously, ever since the beginning of the week… Today (Saturday, that is) is the very, very last-last day to buy the week’s installment of the Grey Ghost CD-R series, this ultra-super-limited edition (13 copies only) bunch of little EPs put out by Grey Ghost’s […]
Yeah, it might be a little sad, but this made my week — I honest-to-Yahweh thought Katy-dwelling pop-punk dorks The Phlegmatics had gone the way of the dodo ’til I ran across the band’s MySpace page (as far as I can tell, their “real” Website is toast). I’d seen the band once and only once […]
Y’know, it always seems to go this way, dammit. I’ve got the best of intentions, have wondrous visions of deeply insightful blog posts I’m gonna put up in time for you, Dear Reader, to decide what the hell to do for the evening…and then an afternoon full of meetings swings my way, and I’m screwed. […]
I think one of the best things about the whole Myspace thing, at least w/regards to bands & music, is that it brings me back to the experience of actively looking for new music that knocks me on my ass. When I was a kid I’d scour tape bins for that ultra-obscure band (mostly cheesy […]
