In this day and age of granite countertops and stainless steel appliances, the guy who built out this Somerville loft I’m in thumbed his nose at the trendy and went with an all white kitchen. I like it. The island has the fake granite, though; I wonder why he didn’t choose the same [...]
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NPR is streaming Neil Young’s about-to-be released Sugar Mountain: Live at Canterbury House. I’m thoroughly impressed at how great it sounds. Not only is the performance by a 22-year-old Young incredibly assured, the sound quality of the recording is surprisingly solid. I’m not Neil Young expert, and I don’t have any technical [...] I came across a couple music related articles this week. The first is the Wall Street Journal‘s bit about how China has banned Chinese Democracy. This album seems to be getting more press because of its title than because of the music, which is just as well because the one song that I’ve heard [...] Happy Thanksgiving. There is an Ice-T song that every year gets stuck in my head around Thanksgiving time. Not the whole song, but just a line that goes, “But I don’t celebrate bullshit thanksgiving. Sit up like some fool and eat turkey? That’s the day your forefathers jerked me.” This has gone from being [...] I completely forgot my posting day! It’s like those dreams where I still think I’m going to miss my finals because the alarm didn’t go off. This almost happened to me once in college as my math final was at 8am. I was going to wake up early in the morning and write all [...] I have an overwhelming urge to make you see Bob Dylan in my light; so here it goes though I never felt more like I’m gonna fail. Dylan needs me to watch his back like I needed that cyst I had removed from mine an hour ago… First ride to summer school after switching [...] A cool place called the Wulf, across the street from a strip club with neon signage, in a neighborhood that very much reminded me of Houston’s warehouse district. I was one of three audience members.Photocell equipped audio installation art on the wall.After the muzak, we hung out on the roof, which was decked out [...] This weekend was Open Studios at Brickbottom Artist Lofts, where I now live. I spent yesterday walking around, and discovered that Ron Pownall, noted and prolific rock photographer, is here. I encourage you to look at his site – he’s got some pretty awesome photos. One of the more NAPworthy details is that [...] It’s a truism in writing workshops and English classes that deft use of detail in creative writing can improve your poetry and fiction. I’d say the same is true for song lyrics. Seems like the best songs will always include bits of the particular alongside the more imagistic and emotional generalities that necessarily underpin [...] All I have this week is a couple YouTube links. [...] |
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