Skip to content

Monthly Archives: February 2009

song of the day – 2.27.09: violent femmes – waiting for the bus

27-Feb-09

Anyone whose daily commute involves a public bus knows the frustration the Violent Femmes are singing about in this song. Why, this very morning, as I waited about 15 minutes for a bus that’s supposed to come every ten, this song was playing on repeat in my head (and then on my ipod). The Violent [...]

Filed in *MUSIC, songs | Tagged | Comments Off

15 rock albums that shaped my taste over the years (part III)

22-Feb-09

See also: Part I (Nos. 1-5) and Part II (Nos. 6-10) 11. Sigur Ros – ( ) I heard about Sigur Ros from one of the unlikeliest of sources: my blue-haired roommate Colin who was, at the time, pretty much exclusively into punk rock. He’d read about them in some music mag that said something [...]

Filed in *MUSIC, albums, lists | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (1) »

cupid max

20-Feb-09

My cat, Max, was in the V-day holiday spirit.

Filed in HUMOR | Tagged , | Comments (1) »

my friend and guitar teacher, aaron geller, playing michael brecker’s “delta city blues” on guitar

19-Feb-09
Filed in *MUSIC | Tagged , | Comments Off

15 rock albums that shaped my taste over the years (part II)

17-Feb-09

See also: Part I (Nos. 1-5) 6. Pink Floyd - Animals Around the same time I was experimenting with illegal internet downloading, I also started experimenting with mind-altering substances. And what better way to appreciate those substances than to rock out to some Pink Floyd at their trippiest. It’s not like I hadn’t heard Dark Side of the [...]

Filed in *MUSIC, albums, lists | Tagged , , , , | Comments (2) »