After seeing The Airborne Toxic Event in concert last fall as part of their acoustic tour (with the Calder Quartet backing them), this was my theme song for a while, and even now, when I get to this track on their live CD from their concert at Disney Hall, I have a tendency to hit repeat - again and again and again. That the entire song is about 2: ( Read more... )

Yesterday was a flurry of activity as I ran a variety of errands relating to S's upcoming prom (a fitting), M's then-upcoming evening (a sweet 16 party for a friend of hers, which required a few purchases), and shopping for my trip to New Hampshire, whence I am now writing this blog post ( Read more... )

Besides bands that make excellent music, that is? It's bands that go above and beyond to express themselves through their music and to connect with their audience.

I'm a huge fan of The Airborne Toxic Event (concert tix for May 4th, yo!), and their new album All at Once comes out later this month (already preordered, of course). I've heard some of ( Read more... )