Back in Philly, I stumbled upon the good fortune of writing about music for two.one.five. two.one.five was a Philly-centric arts & entertainment website that was the cousin of the elaborately awesome print version that had been kicking around hipster bowling alleys, hipster… Read More ›
Music
John Legend Wins! The Most Badass Song of the Year & Thoughts on Django Unchained
2013 is still young, it’s not even crawling yet, but at least one thing is already written in stone. John Legend’s song from Django Unchained, is easily going to be the most bad ass, smooth operator jam released this year…. Read More ›
A Morning with Springsteen: A Few Hours in a Springsteen Spotify Wormhole
“Since you’re a Jersey boy now…” Kim, my darling wife, didn’t just give me Bruce, the new Bruce Springsteen biography by Peter Carlin, for Christmas, she included a note inside. The note more or less said that seeing as how I’m… Read More ›
Super Awesome Happy Time: Best Albums of 2012 and Initial Thoughts on 2013
Yes, it’s 2013- wonderful! But before we get too far into whatever gadzooks craziness that this year has in store for us, allow me one more look back at 2012. The Officially Official Giddy Up, America Best Albums of 2012…complete… Read More ›
The 20 Best Songs of 2012
Was 2012 a good year for music? I have no idea. Sure, why not? Santigold returned with a new album, Dr. Dog & Band of Horses released some good old fashioned rock ‘n roll albums and Kanye continued to do… Read More ›
You’ve Changed- Making Sense of Let’s Start a Cult by Rustic Overtones
I think the problem is the length. That’s what she said. No I’m serious. So is she. Moving on, I’m talking about the new Rustic Overtones album, Let’s Start a Cult, and how my problem with it, the main hang… Read More ›
Loud Regardless! A Sunday Night in Philly with Paranoid Social Club.
Going in, I wasn’t sure what to expect. It was Sunday night, we’d done some casual day drinking and frankly- I just wasn’t sure how Paranoid Social Club would do playing a show upstairs at World Café Live. It’s a… Read More ›
The Day I Finally Listened to Spoon
Discovering and quickly appreciating the band, Spoon
The Jack Johnson Morning
Looking into what makes a morning a Jack Johnson morning