Saturday, January 7, 2012
Michael and I have been in the general area of Saint Louis for over a year now. We’ve seen and done some really cool stuff, here. When we first moved, I worried a lot. Would I be able to see concerts? Would I be able to go see indie movies? The truth is, Saint Louis [...]
Thursday, October 13, 2011
In my teens, I played guitar for a pretty substansial period of time. Mostly classical style. I don’t think I was very good, but I could sight-read reasonably well and I think I did okay for how stubby my fingers are. I had friends who were all writing their own music — metal or punk [...]
Friday, November 12, 2010
I love my little pink iPod Nano, it is easy to carry with me to work and that way I can listen to music and play with the browser on my phone without the music program on my phone crashing on me. But I really don’t get iTunes. I am not really an Apple gal. [...]
No, that’s not my bleak sentiment for the day, as fun as it is to remember ever-encroaching mortality. Nope, the title is coincidentally the title of a Type O Negative song. Their front-man Peter Steele died last week. His death has sort of brought to a head lots of ideas swirling around in my head. [...]
Kara and I went to see Robyn Hitchcock again on Thursday, the first time he’s been in our area since the Birchmere last year. Robyn was amazing, as always, but the venue (the Black Cat in DC) sucked. We bought tickets for “Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus 3 8:00pm,” but it ended up being doors [...]
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Thursday, February 19, 2009
I take all my cues from Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! So when Michael and I spent a good hour of our Valentine’s Day at a record store, he brought me the lp Rayguns Are Not Just the Future from The Bird and the Bee and I danced around, singing the song featured [...]
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Michael and I went to the Birchmere last night to see Robyn Hitchcock. Robyn Hitchcock is impossible to really describe as an artist. He’s been through a multitude of permutations, some of his music is downright poppy, some of it is folky, some of it is really… hard to tackle. Michael was really pumped about [...]
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Tuesday, October 21, 2008
So Kara and I have discovered that our cat has strange taste in music. No, really. We frequently get into situations where we’re annoying poor Inari: trying to snuggle with her, trying to pat her head, trying to make eye contact with her, etc. This frequently leads to me grabbing her and petting her while [...]
I have this habit, it’s really a bad habit. I get addicted to songs. I mean, I binge on songs and then some day, months after I’m done with binging, I get to the point where I can’t even listen to that song any more. My stomach starts turning because I overdid it for the [...]
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Michael and I went to see Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine last night at the 9:30 club. For those who have never visited 9:30, it’s a pretty small club in Washington, DC. I used to visit frequently, the shows are pretty reasonably priced, they’re all-ages unless otherwise specified, and they’re pretty well run. [...]