Why I like the Arcade Fire

Win Butler and his brother Will grew up in the Woodlands, Texas. It is a relatively new and “master planned” community about half an hour north of Houston. The planners behind the Woodlands didn’t invent the suburbs, but in 1974 founder George Mitchell perfected them. It’s nearly 25 square miles of perfect tree-lined [...]

Into the Void

Went to the Hard Rock Cafe here in Houston tonight. Family stuff. I think I’ve been to one before, but I’m fairly certain it was not in Houston.

It’s pretty much what you would expect. Loud, garish, overdone, and very self-important. In fact, when I called beforehand to ask a couple questions, the poor [...]

Don’t Let the Days Go By

A few weeks ago, as an aside to his post on R.E.M., Danny included a bit of conjecture about what an updated classic rock station might sound like:

But a tangential question that he raised was, “I’m very interested in seeing who ends up being remembered as our Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, or Beatles” [...]