Ladies, take a quick moment and reflect on your online dating experiences. Remember the guy who forgot his wallet? Or the one with the temper? How about the one with no job, no car and a 5 year old daughter? Meet Frank, the funkasaurus rex. Somehow he doesn’t seem half bad in comparison. The Black [...]
[Stream] Spoon – Transference
As usual NPR has the first listen of some of the most anticipated albums. This week they are streaming Spoon’s Transference a week before it’s scheduled release date of January 19th. Due to a busy day at work I haven’t had the chance to dig into the album yet so I can’t attest one way [...]
NPR on Bowerbirds on NPR
Here. Sorry for the Hit and Run, but not so sorry to say much other than, “gotta run.”
Sea Wolf on NPR
In case you missed it, Alex Church dba Sea Wolf appeared on WXPN’s World Cafe on December 10. Stream the interview here. Read more about the band here. Public service announcement: if you get a chance to see Sea Wolf live, act on it.
NPR Takes The Challenge
A few years ago Fred tried to take on the daunting task of ranking, in his opinion, the top 200 songs of all time. Periodically he would send me the list, more as proof of progress than of approval. Eventually the task became too great and time consuming and it fell by the way side. [...]
Forgive me, Trent Reznor, …
…but I had to do it. I bought an iPhone. And already I am X, if by “X” you mean “a deeply obnoxious convert.” We’re talking Sheer Odious Loudmouth, here. The (free!) Pandora Radio app (pictured left) really is all that and a bag of chips, along with two pairs of sneakers, an extra donkey, [...]
Neko Case on “Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me”
“Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me” is my wife’s favorite radio show, I don’t know if this is saying something or not considering there really are no radio show anymore. Either way, Neko Case made a guest appearance on the program on July 11th to play the game “Not My Job”. She has to answer three [...]
Stream – Regina Spektor’s Far
As part of their “First Listen” series, NPR is offering up Regina Spektor’s highly anticipated album Far for preview a few days before you can buy it in stores. Although almost half of the songs have already been released via other websites and blogs I am still left with enough songs unheard to keep interest [...]
The Great Debate pt.2 “The Flowering of Punk” “I Give Up”
I’ve tried, believe me, I did my best. I’m not going to go into a debate about quantum physics with Stephen Hawking for obvious reasons and Dave Thompson should not debate music with anyone. He may have written a book that caught the eye of a leather chair jockey at NPR but this has not [...]
The Great Debate pt.1
Last week NPR hosted a debate entitled Which Reigns Supreme: New or Old Rock? between Pitchfork founder Ryan Schreiber and Dave Thompson, author of the book I Hate New Music: The Classic Rock Manifesto. The purpose of the meeting was to determine if music being recorded and released today is worth your time and money. [...]
