First off, let me say, I’m not very good at taking pictures, apparently. I need some better skills and/or a better camera. Or just get to shows earlier or something. Anyway, I resolve to improve the quality of photos on this blog. This right here is just poor. So, on with the review. This is [...]
Too bad more people don’t know Department of Eagles. Maybe if they did, their tour would’ve come through the nation’s capital. I had to go up to Philadelphia to see the band that earned the highly coveted prize of my #1 album of 2008. That would be In Ear Park (read my review). I love [...]
There are a lot of people making money off Barack Obama-related merchandise and marketing. Here’s one particularly ambitious attempt. There are countless shirts, hats, and pins graced with his name or likeness. I don’t particularly like it, but insomuch as it indicates a greater participation in and awareness of politics and government, I’m ok with [...]
“Song of the day” is back in full effect after a month of slacking! Ok, it wasn’t all slacking. A lot of that month I spent working on my year-end top albums list and year-end compilation. While I was working on those, I came across a band I can’t stop listening to these days: Frightened [...]
As I eagerly await the new American Idol season (yeah, I said it!), I’ve been reflecting on the highlights of last season. Besides lamenting the defeat of David Archuleta at the hands of the much less talented emo-comb-over-boy David Cook, the most memorable moment for me was when the goofy, dreadlocked Jason Castro sang a [...]
