Jan 07 2011
I know very little about jj but I’m really liking the song “New Work” from their new mixtape album, Kills, which was released as a free gift from Sincerely Yours on Christmas Eve. In Pitchfork’s new review, they comment that on “New Work,” “the duo takes the piano melody from Jay-Z’s “Empire State of Mind” and [...]
Sep 19 2010
I had the great pleasure of seeing a Pixies reunion tour, and was disarmed of any preconceived notions that the show might be a little less than exciting by virtue of being a reunion show with the first song. They rocked like it was 1989! First they did a B-sides set, followed by the entire [...]
Sep 17 2010
Outside is a collection of links and/or articles I’ve found interesting recently. It was a week of sound & vision. Vision: three fantastic designers (Naz Hamid, Frank Chimero, and Jason Santa Maria) urged us to do more with fonts and took us to El Dorado, Atlantis, and the moon in Lost World’s Fairs. And Kitsune [...]
Jan 28 2010
On Sunday night, my sister and I came in from the frigid air of a quiet downtown Tulsa to see the Fiery Furnaces at Cain’s Ballroom. The Brooklyn brother-sister team (Eleanor and Matthew Friedberger) was laid back when we arrived: Eleanor hanging out in the small crowd consisting of 30-40 fans, and Matt selling t-shirts [...]
Oct 19 2009
We didn’t get in early enough to get to the front, but I did manage to get some OK photos at the Cain’s ballroom Decemberists show earlier this month:
Dec 01 2008
Since I have so much to be thankful for, and since it is Thanksgiving, I wanted to do a stream-of-consciousness post on 101 things I’m thankful for. I thought about ordering them at first, but that just didn’t seem right somehow. 1. Natasha, Natasha, Natasha, Natasha, Natasha; my sweetest of sweets daughter. I’ve been ‘in [...]
Nov 15 2008
10 Wolf Parade + You Are a Runner and I Am My Father’s Son 09 Wolf Parade + Grounds for Divorce 08 Sunset Rubdown + Us Ones in Between .:*Spencer Krug gently singing in the lamplight*:. 07 Sunset Rubdown + For the Pier (and Dead Shimmering) A great glimpse into Spencer Krug’s show intensity! 06 [...]
Nov 12 2008
I couldn’t sleep this morning – I was wide awake at 4:00 and couldn’t get back. I tried the usual plane crash daydreams but to no avail… so I thought it was the perfect opportunity to start my new regime. I’d been planning to make some changes this week anyway and was falling behind, so [...]
Nov 06 2008
if you’ll believe in anything. I took a rare week night out with my sis and her husband to go see Wolf Parade at The Marquee in Tulsa tonight – it was the best show I’ve seen in years. First we stumbled out of the T-storms & tornadoes into “Lola’s,” a dia de los muertos themed [...]
Nov 03 2008
If you’re getting back into piano after a ten-year break, don’t try to jump back in with Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody #2. (No matter how much you really really want to play it). No one plays this like Horowitz.