March 8, 1994 was the day I first arrived in the Bay Area. It was the 90s, and I was a textbook Gen-X slacker: no job, no money, single, living at my parents' house, no prospects, and no ambitions. It had been a long, cold Michigan winter, and I thought it would finally be a good time to fly out to California to visit my much more successful ( Read more... )

It has just come to my attention that it's 2023. I signed up for Livejournal in 2003, which means this will be my 20th anniversary (although, like most of you, I haven't really used it much in the past 10 years). To commemorate this, however (and I love nothing more than commemorating), I'm going to try to update once a month in 2023. Please join ( Read more... )

Favorite 2020 albums so far, in no particular order, but roughly chronological.

The Innocence Mission - See You Tomorrow

Sammy Miller & The Congregation - Leaving Egypt

Kat Edmonson - Dreamers Do

The Cleaners From Venus - Dolly Birds & Spies

Lisa Loeb - A Simple Trick to Happiness

Mandy Moore - Silver Landings

Pokey Lefarge - Rock Bottom Rhapsody

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Favorite 2019 albums, no particular order:Joe Jackson - Fool ( Read more... )

Favorite 2017 albums by friends & family in no particular order:

Karla Kane - King's Daughters Home For Incurables ( Read more... )

New 2016 albums, not counting the ones from previous friends & family list (Vinny’s Vipers, Friends & Frenemies, Anton Barbeau, Allyson Seconds, Deerful, Allen Clapp, Rosie Abbott, Cleaners From Venus). Some of these happen to also be people I have met. (I know, it’s a fine line ( Read more... )

2015 Tedious Lists

( Some have numbers, some don't. Some are ranked, others not. )

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Five years ago, inspired by a piece from Time Out, I posted my 20 favorite songs about London. Last week, Time Out once again listed their "100 Best London Songs", and as they were kind enough to include a Spotify playlist, I can attest that although they are correct about song #1; about 75% of their list is a load of rubbish. (And by the way, does ( Read more... )