I have been swamped at work this week, barely keeping my head above water. My GoogleReader isn’t even counting my unread posts anymore. Today I finally caught up to speed — and took a short, blessed breath of respite. And finding this video was how I spent that time. I think I made an excellent […]
What is a Great songwriter to do when all the Great songs have been written? Okkervil River’s front-man, Will Sheff, seems to struggle with this conundrum in “Plus Ones” … an easily over-looked track from The Stage Names, released this past August. Ostensibly the song is written to a lover, and addresses the sad fact […]
I’ll admit it. I loved Counting Crows. I suppose I still do. It’s a strained relationship … like ex-lovers who know each other too well. But they were absolutely integral to my high school and college experience. They lead me to plenty of musical discoveries by checking out bands they mentioned, covered, idolized, etc. … […]
I really like Annie Lennox … she’s a beautiful woman with a predilection for dropping bizarre visuals into her fairly mainstream work. Not to mention that flawless voice. I generally don’t even like flawless voices, but I find hers hard to deny. Sometimes her work is extremely middle-of-the-road, though. Which is fine, I don’t think […]