A Couple Former Fargo Former Bands

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TentPod

I have a 60 GB iPod crammed with stuff, but I hardly ever use it. Basically it only gets some love when I go on trips. I have a lot of old favorites on there, but probably a higher percentage is comprised by stuff I’ve downloaded that I feel I should listen to at [...]

Say Whaaa?

A couple weeks ago, CNN asked about “What Grace Slick is doing now“, checking in with her for the 40th anniversary of Woodstock. The usual sort of thing, until you get to the end, where she’s asked “Who are you listening to these days?”, and the reply is (shudder) “I like Daughtry, I like [...]

Room Clearing Music

Played a show for the first time in over a year, at my friends’ art party. There were a few older type folks in the room I set up in, admiring my keyboard and unhelpfully trying to help me set up (um, thanks but no…). After getting everything set up, went to get my [...]

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Joe Jackson

Sigh…. I will do better someday. In the meantime, I’ve been getting into Joe Jackson. Checked out his Greatest Hits CD from the library. My dad had a cassette tape of Night and Day back in the day (har har, I mean, 1982), so I’m definitely more partial to the two songs from that [...]

iWanty

I wasn’t sure what to think of all the recent hype regarding the (possible) new Apple iTablet or iTouch Tablet or iWhateverItIs. It’s long been a rumor, frequently dashed, but things have recently picked up a great deal of steam and suddenly, reputable sources are claiming it will happen this Fall or early next [...]

The Knife

Been listening to The Knife all day. Swedish brother/sister electronic duo. Karin Dreijer Andersson female, Olof Dreijer male. Sweden, land of ice, lack of sun, cold, snow, beautiful women, feelings of alienation. The Knife, retro & futurist, accessible but experimental, warm + ice cold. A strange fit for modern times. According to AMG, “a [...]

Never Hear the End of It

I was very into Sloan’s first album, the MBV-influenced Smeared, but was turned off by their sophomore effort Twice Removed and never really got around to listening to them much after that. But I have since really gotten into their 2006 release “Never Hear the End of It”, which features 30 songs (most in [...]

Musical Mystery Tour

I was in Europe during the summer of 2007. On May 18th, I ate at a Chinese/Vietnamese restaurant in Krakow, Poland that had the radio on. Most of it was pretty bad, except for one really catchy indie rock type song. Guitars, female vocals, I think there was a keyboard part. I don’t remember [...]