Kara & Michael’s Blog

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 this concert. [...]

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 she [...]

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 [...]

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. The [...]

This Saturday night Michael and I visited The Bohemian Caverns, on U-street in Washington, DC.
I’m a live music junkie. Back when I had a lot more friends in the area, I was attending local concerts probably once or twice a month. Let me assure you all – I miss it. I love dive clubs, I [...]

Seldom do I look for anything on the interweb and not find it. So imagine my shock, shock I tell you, when I could not find an adequate guitar chord chart for Nick Lucas’s 1929 hit “Tiptoe Through the Tulips.” Everybody seems to have tabbed it for ukulele, probably because of Tiny Tim.
Below is my [...]

Editor’s Note: I’m too lazy to be an editor and this entry is all over the place.  Please feel free to skip it. 
I don’t understand how people can function throughout the day without constant music.  When I was younger, I was composing songs in my head constantly,  but knew no instrument well enough to transcribe them, [...]

I don’t know what has happened to popular music recently, but it’s not been good. At least, not in my opinion. I guess my musical tastes tend toward classic rock, and jazzy stuff with interesting melodies. I am totally perplexed by the crap other people my age (20) are listening to, and further perplexed that [...]