On a recommendation from thndrstd, I recently placed a large order with Yeproc when they had a $5 CD blow out. I got the order yesterday (about 20 CDs), and have been listening to several of them since. This morning was Heavy Trash. On my drive, I tried to think of a way to describe them, and this is what I came up with ( Read more... )

My favorite venue for concerts has reopened their doors at their new location in Somerville. Hopefully the new place will be as cozy and laid back as the old loft. Come see the Chip Smith Project (Laurie Sargent of Twinemen, Billy Conway of Morphine and Twinemen, and 2 others I forget) at the new hi-n-dry studios on January 24th (they have a ( Read more... )

When ever someone mentions 'guitar heroes', I (and most?) people instantly think of Eric Clapton, Mark Knofler, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and several others ( Read more... )

I'm listening to one of my favorite studio's artists, specifically a guy named Jabe Beyer. I just caught the following lyric:

"If you spell love backwards, you get evol" (where evol is pronounced slight exaggeratedly like 'evil')
What could I do, Jabe Beyer

well, it made me laugh anyway

One of these days I need to do a real post about me and my summer... but till then, I just got a sad email. My favorite venue for music is moving, and it sounds like they will not be doing live shows at the new location ( Read more... )

First... I have a pair of extra tickets to see Porcupine Tree on Friday, May 25th at the Roxy in Boston. They cost about $30/each, but I'll entertain nearly any offer. Many of you probably never heard of the band, but if you like English Progressive Rock, go take a listen.... this band has been around for 20 years, and has quite a cult following ( Read more... )

This time, electronica and industrial music.

Daddy?
Yes son
What does regret mean?
Well son, a funny thing about regret is that it is better to regret something you have done then to regret something you haven't. By the way... if you see your mom this weekend, be sure to tell her SATAN!
"Orbital, Satan, the industry standard mix"

I mostly blame solipsistnation ( Read more... )

I'm still a bit peeved at a client because of an email I got from them, so I'm not too interested in doing their work right now. Thus... another post about music! Can you tell I like music? Music is all I seem to have been posting about ( Read more... )

Yesterday was Christmas all over again for me. I got 3 packages of things I ordered over the last week or so. One work related bits and pieces. One various other things. The last from CDBaby. The CDBaby box contained my Thomas Dolby DVD and CD.

Back in September I saw Mr Dolby at Berklee. The DVD is the Berklee show, and the CD is a ( Read more... )

About a week ago a friend mentioned the need to see living musical legends. After they die, its too late to see them. I've seen many of my music heroes through the years, though only a fraction of those I'd like to see. This conversation was shortly after hearing of the death of James Brown. A man whose music I respected and occasionally ( Read more... )