Archive for the 'music' Category

Someone find me some Uncle Tupelo merchandise

Monday, May 22nd, 2006

Yes, I know they broke up years ago, but all I have to show for them is a sticker that came in the Uncle Tupelo Anthology cd a couple of years back. I would love to have another sticker or two and even a t-shirt. Anyone know where the hell I can find one? My [...]

I’m really digging Track A Tiger

Tuesday, May 16th, 2006

I don’t know where I first heard of them, but I cannot get enough of the three songs they made available for download off of their website. I’m hoping I get this cd for my birthday. :) Scratch that, I just saw that you can buy it on iTunes. That literally just happened in the [...]

I’m in the mood for…

Friday, May 12th, 2006

red wine and listening to The Decemberists on a rainy night. For some reason that sounds really, really appealing. don’t know why, but it does. I don’t know where that idea came from other than me listening to some Decemberists as we speak.  yeah, i’m weird and it’s one of those days…  :)

Sufjan’s Illinois (Part 2)

Friday, April 7th, 2006

Some very interesting news on the Sufjan front (besides the fact that him and Rosie are NOT having a baby)… Some remixed and unreleased tracks from Sufjan Steven’s Illinois have been put together and will be released (this summer?). The album is titled, The Avalanche, and has officially become my most anticipated album of 2006: [...]

The Replacements have reunited (kinda)

Tuesday, April 4th, 2006

Last week, Pitchfork reported that The Replacements have recently gotten together to record a couple of songs for an upcoming compilation entitled, Don’t You Know Who I Think I Was?: The Best of the Replacements. Are they “really” going to get back together and tour? Probably not. One can hope, though. There are always rumors [...]

I hate crowds and heat, but…

Thursday, March 16th, 2006

the Lollapalooza lineup looks incredible this year. Do I brave it? Bands in bold are ones I would go out of my way to see… Red Hot Chili Peppers Kanye West Manu Chao Wilco Death Cab For Cutie The Raconteurs The Flaming Lips Ween Queens of the Stone Age The Shins Common Matisyahu Ryan Adams [...]

Phil Lesh speaks about Ryan Adams

Tuesday, January 31st, 2006

Via AnsweringBell.com: I love playing with Ryan because he’s fearless; because he doesn’t have to do anything the same way twice; because every idea he throws out in a jam is a little gem that cries out “polish me”; because he has about nine hundred voices that he can use like a Bene Gesserit; because [...]

What Got Me Through Today

Friday, November 18th, 2005

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Sound Opinions Moving to Chicago Public Radio

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2005

I just discovered that Sound Opinions will be moving on December 3, 2005 from WXRT to WBEZ (Chicago’s NPR Affiliate). Sounds like this will be a great move for Greg and Dero… From the email: To our “Sound Opinions” Listeners: After 354 shows on WXRT (93.1-FM), “Sound Opinions” will be moving on Dec. 3 to [...]

House Concerts

Thursday, October 20th, 2005

Out of all of the weblogs I read daily (well I guess RSS feeds if you want to be technical), Kevin Kelly’s Cool Tools always seems to have something interesting. Today’s posting on the book, The Complete Guide to House Concerts, is no exception. What is a house concert you may ask? The definition’s flexible, [...]