I had an interesting discussion tonight about cover songs. Covers are both a pretty funny idea and a bad idea most of the time. Many covers, like the Goo Goo Dolls’ “Give a Little Bit,” are basically chord-for-chord rehashes of the original. This makes me wonder why in the world anyone would do an identical [...]
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Jacqui Naylor makes a visit to Blues Alley
November 17, 2009One for the Little Guy?
September 18, 2009One of the things I’m really passionate about is open access to information online. I love looking for information and following the trail until I find exactly what I’m looking for. It’s like an episode of Murder, She Wrote and MacGyver at the same time. And, open access to information online (without violating any security [...]
On the Horizon: Real Estate
August 7, 2009Imagine a band that’s a mix between the Walkmen and Vampire Weekend. Then imagine this hybrid band playing on the Jersey shore. This basically sums up Real Estate, which is a band to get to know now and buy the t-shirt before they become the next big thing in 2010 (like the Walkmen and Vampire [...]
2009’s Best New Music (so far)
July 31, 2009Well, it has been an embarrassingly long time since I last blogged (or even logged in!). To try and make up for it, I’ve put together a list of what I think is some of the best music released so far this year. No matter what anyone else says, 2009 has been a weak year [...]
Follow-up to the Mutant Bolthouse Finger Carrot Incident
April 24, 2009Hi, everyone. So, I realize you’re all on the edge of your seat to learn what happened to my giant carrot (I threw it away) and if I reached out to Bolthouse Farms (I did). Below, find my exchange with the lovely representative from Bolthouse:
Me:
Hi, just wanted to let you know that I found a [...]
What is going on with Bolthouse Farms?
April 16, 2009This is a good trick, you guys. I opened up my bag of Bolthouse Farms baby cut carrots to find half of a gigantic, rotting mutant carrot with the leafy green bits still on top.
So, my question is: were the quality assurance people asleep at the wheel here? Or, does one half of a giant, [...]
A Positive Rage
April 7, 2009Today is a big day. The Hold Steady’s “A Positive Rage” live album and documentary comes out, and I can’t wait. I listened to the 30-second samples last night on iTunes (conjuring images of Michael Scott in The Office) and was tempted to purchase the album right at midnight. The setlist was really similar to [...]
Ugh, the “No Line on the Horizon” mini review
March 2, 2009This is my mini review for U2’s “No Line on the Horizon.” To sum up in five words: stop making albums and retire.
It’s perpetually boring, practically awful, and worse than the previous two albums combined (not sure that was possible). I’ll write a longer review later, but for now, know to stay away from this [...]
Bob Seger ticked me off in 2006
February 26, 2009In the almost totally selfish interest of uploading new content to the blog without doing much work, I present a post I wrote three years ago about Bob Seger and his (then) refusal to allow users to download tracks off of his albums; instead, they would be forced to download the whole thing, which was [...]
i am a music snob
February 13, 2009A coworker called me “the biggest snob ever” because I said Taps ‘n Tapes were “garbage” (I do) and because I think My Morning Jacket is the best band ever (I don’t. They are the best of this decade). The irony here is that while calling me a music snob, the Foo Fighters was playing [...]
