Powderfinger
Yeah, well, I can’t enough of Neil Young’s “Powderfinger”…. Shelter me from the powder and the fingerCover me with the thought that pulled the triggerThink of me as one you’d never figuredWould fade away so youngWith so much left undoneRemember…
The Friday Five: October 30, 2009
Friday Five : ˈfrī-(ˌ)dā,-dē ˈfīv : On the sixth day of every week I hit the shuffle button on my iTunes and share my five and drop a little knowledge and insight for each track. Sometimes there is a playlist…
Clocking in at 2:28
A lot can be accomplished musically in two minutes and twenty eight seconds. What brought this to mind was a Little Feat tune I heard on my way to work recently: “Feats Don’t Fail Me Now”. It funks and it…
In Appreciation of: Neil’s Thrasher
A couple weeks back, I finally got a couple of good CD display cabinets, mounted them on the wall, and released my CD’s from years of exile in plastic storage bins. It’s nice to have them in my face again,…
So Much World Outside The Door…
“I’m going to die.” This is what I was thinking as I drove, barely 40 mph, east on Interstate 94 from my home in the Twin Cities to the party capital of the world. It was last Friday afternoon, October…
New Matthew Ryan available, and hear another single: “We Are Snowmen”
Matthew Ryan gave another sneak peek at his new album, Dear Lover, a couple days ago. It’s called “We Are Snowmen”, and it just gave me more incentive to buy the record, which will be available digitally on Tuesday, October…
The Friday Five: October 23, 2009
Friday Five : ˈfrī-(ˌ)dā,-dē ˈfīv : On the sixth day of every week I hit the shuffle button on my iTunes and share my five and drop a little knowledge and insight for each track. Sometimes there is a playlist…
My Night With The Pogues (@ the Marquee Theater)
Check another one off of my bucket list – I have now seen the Pogues. Last night’s show at the Marquee Theater in Tempe was their first stop in Arizona. Ever. And it was my first chance to catch a…
Ick’s Pick: En’ A-Free-Ka
Unpredictable.Otherworldy.Fuunnky.Indescribable. The new album from Shafiq Husayn is blowing my mind. En’ A-Free-Ka is an hour long journey through strange sounds, funky Parliament-arian grooves, futuristic hip-hop soundscapes.Seriously, when I listen to this album, it feels like I’m listening to sounds…
