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Stephen Mejias
New Releases from Jagjaguwar
Stephen Mejias  |  Apr 20, 2007  |  1 comments
Christian recommended a great new band to me: The Besnard Lakes. Listening to them reminds me of Brian Wilson and Pink Floyd and My Morning Jacket. There are shiny falsettos, dream sequences, and reverb-drenched solos. It's music that I want to share with my girlfriend. A Google search then led me to the band's record label, Jagjaguwar. There, I found a happy surprise: entire albums — freely flowing streams of music — not only from The Besnard Lakes, but also from a couple of other interesting bands, Odawas and Alex Delivery.
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Stephen Mejias
Sun, Sun, Sun: Here It Comes
Stephen Mejias  |  Apr 20, 2007  |  0 comments
After a week of rain and bad news, here comes the sun. I woke this morning, singing it.
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Robert Baird
David Torn
Robert Baird  |  Apr 20, 2007  |  2 comments
jazz fusion is a movement in music, that I have to say, often leaves me cold. Yeah, Bitches Brew is great and other masterworks of the genre obviously resonate, but shows like a rare appearance by guitarist David Torn that I caught on Tuesday night at Joe's Pub are less than thrilling.
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Wes Phillips
Are You Experienced?
Wes Phillips  |  Apr 19, 2007  |  0 comments
Hendrix and Huckleberry—heavy party animals!
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Wes Phillips
We Are Not Amused
Wes Phillips  |  Apr 19, 2007  |  0 comments
Queen Bagheera reigns on my parade.
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Wes Phillips
Better Brel
Wes Phillips  |  Apr 19, 2007  |  0 comments
Les Edelberg writes: "First, wanted to thank you for the Jacques Brel link yesterday. He's always been one of my favorites and I still listen to my original vinyl copy regularly. I think this clip is even more powerful than the one you posted Monday."
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Wes Phillips
Esquire Wants You to Die
Wes Phillips  |  Apr 19, 2007  |  1 comments
Whether it does or not, you know you're going to. Eskie lists 60 things worth shortening your life for. I must be boring—only about 10 appealed to me, although I did find #s 38 & 39 intriguing.
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Stephen Mejias
Every Back Issue Available
Stephen Mejias  |  Apr 19, 2007  |  0 comments
An otherwise quiet afternoon is given an asterisk, a big fat exclamation point, by our sale of EVERY BACK ISSUE AVAILABLE.
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Wes Phillips
Hidden Perils of Opera Singing
Wes Phillips  |  Apr 19, 2007  |  0 comments
Via the OC Register's Tim Magnan. File this under "too much information." Also, keep out of the front rows.
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Wes Phillips
Does Will Friedwald Have the Largest iTunes Library on Earth?
Wes Phillips  |  Apr 19, 2007  |  0 comments
At 200,000 tracks, maybe so—but it only occupies 800GB, so he's using compression. My meager 12,000 track library eats a little over 200GB, using ALC.
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