In the strange little world of used CD/record store shopping I frequently inhabit there are little moments that achieve two divergent things at the same time. It goes like this ( Read more... )

I have had a very full weekend ( Read more... )

I have never been terribly crazy about the notion of Starbucks being in the music business.

Sure, they've released a few "exclusives" that I've liked. High on the list is the self-titled 2007 album from Low Stars.

Higher on the list are two compilations they released in 2004 and 2005, titled Sweetheart. The concept for these collections was ( Read more... )

I know it is said that "All good things must come to an end" but I suspect whoever coined that term did it in sadness. I think, perhaps, that he or she had just spent a period of time similar to the last few days that both I and my family have been experiencing. We say things like "all good things must come to and end" with *sighs*... the smiles ( Read more... )

First things first, aka "a brief word of self promotion/self pimping"...

The new not-so-much-Halloween-themed-but-more-like-Halloween-appropriate edition of Soundtrack, titled "Dreamscape", is up and ready for download: http://www.sendspace.com/file/yow31tRead more... )

So long Summer...

I think of you whenever Summer starts to fade. I think about the beaches we dreamed of from our suburban apartment and how we swore back in June we'd take a day and maybe even a weekend for the sand and the cotton candy or maybe even the salt water taffy you'd been craving since the first sunny day in April ( Read more... )

When I got home yesterday my wife was in the midst of what she called a "House Purging", which is really just a fun term for going through old stuff, throwing things out, and generally de-cluttering the place. We'll be doing this again and again as we prepare to put out house on the market early next year ( Read more... )

Casually strolling through the local Farmer's Market with a travel mug of coffee in my left hand, my right arm over the shoulder of my very lovely wife, and my right hand in her hand.

Yeah, that never sucks.

J

I'm really not diggin' my Monday morning so I think maybe the best thing I can do is try to take a cue from an advance copy of the the new CD from The Hold Steady that I've been listening to lately and Stay Positive.

Its not that there is anything wrong today... just a little off. So allow me to clear the table a bit...

"What the hell... it ( Read more... )

Have you ever seen that movie Parenthood? Ron Howard's ode to American family life with Steve Martin, I think, really portraying fatherhood and modern male anxiety quite well ( Read more... )