The Friday Five: September 30, 2011
On the sixth day of every week, Michael Parr shuffles through his library to bring you five random tracks.
Girls! Father, Son, Holy Ghost
Sometimes an album comes along that covers you like a warm blanket. There’s no rhyme or reason to it really, it just feels right. You carry it around with you, playing it every chance you get. It’s not just a…
The Friday Five: September 23, 2011
On the sixth day of every week, Michael Parr shuffles through his library to bring you five random tracks.
My Morning Jacket – Smokin’ From Shootin’ at ACL
Here’s My Morning Jacket performing “Smokin From Shootin” at last weekend’s ACL Festival. MMJ have just announced a set of tour dates with both Band of Horses and Delta Spirit – basically my wet dream of a show. But alas,…
Cults at ACL
I couldn’t make it to ACL this past weekend, but thanks to the Youtube webcast, I caught a number of acts from the comfort of my office chair. One of the bands new to me was Cults, who performed on…
The Friday Five: September 16, 2011
Friday Five : ‘frī-(,)dā,-dē ‘fīv : On the sixth day of every week, I hit the shuffle button on my iTunes, then share the first five tracks and thought for each track. Sometimes there is a playlist involved, occasionally we’ll…
Morris Day and the Time, or, How I Made Peace With a Fake Jerome
Shame on me. I should’ve known better. But now I know: “Morris Day & the Time” is not the same thing as “The Time“. A few weeks back, a local Old School radio station, Mega 104.3, threw itself a 10th…
Remembering 9/11
Remembering 9/11… all those who lost their lives, and the loved ones affected.God bless them, and God bless America. “I woke up this morningI could barely breatheJust an empty impressionIn the bed where you used to beI want a kiss…
The Friday Five: September 9, 2011
On the sixth day of every week, Michael Parr shuffles through his library to bring you five random tracks.
Lenny’s New One
The big surprise of the last week or so is how much I’ve been enjoying the hell out of Lenny Kravitz’s new album, Black And White America. Lenny holed himself up on the island of Eleuthera in the Bahamas, stayed…
