February 20th, 2005
I finally got around to buying some tracks from Electric Version by The New Pornographers. Both of their albums are fantastic and you should check them out. And listening to them on the headphones while the kids watch Play With Me Sesame… well, watching muppets sing “We’re twisting incognito with no time, can’t talk / [...]
February 20th, 2005
It’s 3:15 in the morning and, rather than sleep, I’m sitting here creating a mix CD and contemplating the conversation I’ll have with my daughter tomorrow regarding a certain folk singer from Okemah who sang one of her favorite songs (of the moment), Mail Myself to You, decades before she was ever born. I bet [...]
October 7th, 2004
Has Been by William Shatner was released this week — and it’s good! Really! Musically it’s very good and he’s backed up by a group of highly talented people. Several of the songs are more like poetry or diaries set to music. The lyrics are often humorous and Shatner’s delivery feels sincere on the more [...]
September 10th, 2004
This could be a great album. It’s Has Been by William Shatner. I know what you’re thinking, but wait! It’s produced and arranged by Ben Folds and features Henry Rollins, Brad Paisley, Aimee Mann, Lemon Jelly, Joe Jackson, and Nick Hornby. I’ve heard the cover of Common People and it is fantastic.
July 15th, 2004
The kind that makes coffee, not journalism. I just ordered a French press from Amazon. I can’t wait! I think this may officially make me a coffee snob. Also in this order, Hotel Child by Ingrid Lucia & The Flying Neutrinos (swing music) and The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master.
July 13th, 2004
Controller is a GREAT song. If you’re too young to know who Boingo is (probably born after 1980), you really owe it to yourself to check them out. I got to run I got to run I got to run Might be the catcher Or the controller Can’t be too careful I take precautions They’re [...]
July 7th, 2004
I just re-purchased Only a Lad and Nothing to Fear on iTunes (I love iTunes). I was torn because I already had the cassettes and for a while I thought that I shouldn’t have to buy the same songs I’d already bought once. Anyway, now I have shiny new all digital copies of some of [...]
June 8th, 2004
“Surfing on a Rocket” is the title of the song that is playing on a new Nissan commercial. It’s by Air on the album “Talkie Walkie.”