Music

  • I will scratch where I’ve been itching

    This is my favorite song of 2011. Or most any year. This is why getting older is getting better. If Tom Waits had a church, I’d go to it. #gospel #truth

    01.14.12 | Filed Under Music


  • Spotify Playlist: Welcome to the Working Week

    If you’re a Spotify member, click the monkey to listen to a playlist I’ve put together for my Labor Day listening pleasure. If you’re not a Spotify Member, hit me up, sign up here for an invite (or let me know if you want to skip the line, I still have some invites left).

    08.31.11 | Filed Under Music


  • 8tracks Mix – Hope in the Trainyard

    A non-definitive 8tracks mix with reflections, observations and associations for a July 4th weekend. Bonus track: American Girl dedicated to Michelle Bachman.

    07.02.11 | Filed Under Americana, Music


  • Jarvis Cocker Never Said He Was Deep

    A video interview with Faber Publishing Director Lee Brackstone promoting the publication of Jarvis Cocker’s Mother, Brother, Lover: Selected Lyrics for October You manage to persuade some friends to come around to your house and make a noise with you. And if you’re the singer, you have to write some words. Jarvis Cocker on Writing [...]

    06.30.11 | Filed Under Music


  • Peeling Off The Label

    New Wilco? Yes, please. Obviously, always excited for that. Also excited that Wilco can probably control what they want to do and when now that they have their own label. Clearly the tension between commerce and following their muse is well-documented … but their last album, while enjoyable, well-executed and sporadically interesting … didn’t feel [...]

    06.27.11 | Filed Under Music


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