Am contemplating watching the Grammies for the first time in yoinks. Actually, what made me interested was to see how my current fave John Fullbright would fare in the Americana category. The fun thing was I was made aware of Bonnie Rait's current project - I loved her awhile back, but hadn't listened to anything new. I put the album, Slipstream, ( Read more... )

I do hate slogging through it, but snow is so pretty. We got a couple of fluffy inches of it blanketing everything and it softens the world and makes bare branches look stark and elegant.

Of course, getting it off your car is a royal pain.

I didn't end up quite finishing City of Diamond. it was weird, I was enjoying it and enjoying it and ( Read more... )

In honor of the release of a new album by one of my favorite bands, I thought I'd put up the music post that I've been pondering. Although music post sounds so formal - what I wanted to share were the albums that have been on heavy rotation on Sherman, my iPod Touch. Also, these are entire albums that just hold together perfectly - I don't listen ( Read more... )

My brain has decided that we're closing up shop. Here, have Jenny Lewis and Elvis Costello singing Carpetbaggers.

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Went to the NAMI family member's group again tonight. I'm glad I did, too. It was a larger group than last week and the conversation was interesting. The support of your peers can be really helpful when there's somebody with a similar problem, but in a weird way...well, probably not weird, because some of the literature I've read suggests that this ( Read more... )

I know we're entering the age of the End of the Album, yadda yadda singles, yadda yadda Itunes. But I still love me a good album, something that holds together start to finish. It doesn't have to be a concept album, or a something completely overblown - frequently it's just an album that does a good job of covering a dynamic range with no songs ( Read more... )

Went to the King's X show last night and blew out all my sadness and worry by falling into some deep-groove, hard-rocking music. And got a hug from Dug to end the evening. Small crowd but very devoted, lots of my favorites were played, including "Lost in Germany," "Summerland," "Black Flag," and "Pray."

God, I love these guys.

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The Primus show was pretty damn awesome, even if the way overwrought dude next to me decided that his piercing whistles were a valuable component of the show. By the end of the show both me and Bemo wanted to pop him one, but we refrained. There was more pot smoke in the bathroom than I've ever encountered in my life (although, you know, I did ( Read more... )