Best of the Blogs – 27 Mar 2005
Another good internet week for the ears. Nothing hit me as hard as last week, but your mileage may vary. Without further ado… from Aurgasm: DJ Format – The Hit Song Lyrics can be too self-aware, too clever and the rhymes on these songs balance right on the border for me. The fun thing about [...]
For the Man at my Door
Ben Folds – One Down Ben Folds – Landed I believe your instinct to go into music publishing for your money is a lot smarter than most people. If you get a good song then the royalties continue coming in long after the original artist moved on. Heck, Michael Jackson’s major asset at the moment [...]
The Wave Like Beat
Optiganially Yours – Oar Citizen Cope – Pablo Picasso I went to a youth theater production of the Odyssey last week. I was inclined to dislike it because I have never quite recovered from reading the full verse translation. However, the sets were excellent, the acting quite good, and the music blew me away. The [...]
Best of the Blogs – 20 Mar 2005
I had mentally promised to have this post finished Sunday. Indeed, I had screened all of these tracks by that day. However, I wanted to go through the rest of the tracks I had downloaded from blogs last week and really pick them over. The experience quickly became quixotic. The longer and harder I listened [...]
Mirah
I think Mirah came on the scene in late 2000. All I remember was that I had stopped following my musical ears and had begun listening to bands just to try and stay on top of the wave of hipness I imagined I was surfing. At some point, stuck in this self-pretenious fog, I’m flipping [...]
Ted Leo is God, okay?
So I’m at home sick today. Feeling like crap with sore throat. Bored out of my mind. Annoyed that I’m getting behind on stuff at work. Taking long naps on the couch. Wondering why I am still tivoing Point Pleasant. And what does the internet offer to make me a happy boy? An mp3 of [...]