OK – so I’ve been having issues getting email updates on my own posts. This is a combination share / test to make sure I’m back on track! Neon Indian – “Terminally Chill”
The Arcade Fire Suburbs Album Covers
Well, there they are. Aren’t you impressed? I must say that I’m less than enthralled with the fact that they just changed the house. I don’t know what I was expecting but this is not it. Also note worthy is that unless you pick up the album at a retail store you will not get [...]
“I hate music.”
by Fred (follow us on Facebook) That’s the title of a below-the-fold post by Ms. Althouse. Like I said yesterday, I’m right there with her. It continues: I’m in a forced music environment that has pushed me over the limit where that is what I end up thinking. If I were given a choice right [...]
Moments
by Fred (follow us on Facebook) I really needed this one, what with the funk I’ve been in lately. I was zoned out and driving home, watching the tire on a trailer in front of me, for the few seconds before it blew out. The sight was beautiful and I watched all of it: first, [...]
Betrayal! The final story of the Lost finale. Anger around the interweb continues…
by Fred (follow us on Facebook) It was one season of decent sci-fi/fantasy, followed by a weaker season 2 where the writer’s fell in love with their ‘cleverness’. There was so much evil scientist/magic numbers/mystery inhabitants/strange coincidences piled up it was crystal clear no writer could ever pay that off in a meaningful, rule-bound way. [...]
The Lost finale: anger around the interweb
by Fred (follow us on Facebook) After watching about 5 episodes of this show in one of the first few seasons, I concluded that there is no possible way for the writers to bring together the plot into a coherent whole. This kind of speculating as to “what the show meant” is exactly what you [...]
Getting Lost
by Fred (follow us on Facebook) Every December, right after our annual review, the investors give Patrick, Desiree and I our profanity coupons for the next year. I normally save them all for November, when the days start getting shorter, along with my fuse. But, in response to last night’s series finale of Lost, I [...]
Valgeir Sigurðsson’s Draumalandið
I don’t believe that I’ve ever had an instance where my occupation had direct correlation to music…until now. Draumalandið (or Dreamland, in English) is a film that is based on the Andri Snær Magnason best-selling book Draumalandið – sjálfshjálparbók handa hræddri þjóð (Dreamland: A Self-Help Manual for a Frightened Nation in English). Who is this [...]
c-ya
by Fred (follow me on Facebook) I’m off. Yeah, it goes without saying that I’m off that way, but I’m also just off. I’m leaving you in good hands. Be back on May 17. Parting gift: The Leaf Label’s playlist. Not vetted. Like I said, I’m off.
From The Vault: Let The Argument Begin
The brave souls over at Amazon.com have rolled out what they consider to be the top 100 indie bands of all time. My problem is that by stating “indie label” the good folks at Amazon have limited themselves dramatically as different countries consider indie music to be different things. Here in the states indie is [...]
