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 ›
Music
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
Bringing the Beat Back
It’s the sound of rust coming off. It’s the sound of bones cracking. It’s the sound of muscles straining. It’s the sound of getting back into the swing of things. Playing drums is yes, like riding a bike. Once you… Read More ›
Remember the Spaghetti: See-I & the Pimps of Joytime. Union Transfer. Philly. 1.7.12
There are four things to talk about: 1) the pulled pork sandwich at North Third 2) Union Transfer, Philly’s newest music venue 3) The Pimps of Joytime 4) See-I It’s best to run through this chronologically, so we’ll start at… Read More ›
Proper Rock Drums: Not To Be Denied!
Last night I faced both my mortality as well as my past self at the exact same time. And yes, opening lines don’t get much heavier than that. They just don’t. Look it up…the Google machine, the email maker, the… Read More ›
Top 5 1/2 Albums of 2011
I don’t buy as much new music as I used too. For years, I made weekly trips to Bull Moose in Portland to pick up a CD or two- sometimes three. Then I got into I-tunes and for a spell,… Read More ›
The Future of the Black Keys: two musicians, five questions, one concerned fan
Are the Black Keys selling out? This question has been stuck in my head since it was announced that their March tour date in Philly was at the big joint- the Wachovia Center. Why couldn’t they play the Tower Theater… Read More ›
Giddy Up America 