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The Smithereens–Live at Duke Island Park, Bridgewater, NJ (August 25, 2013) 27 Aug 2013 | 01:04 am
[ATTENDED: August 25, 2013] The Smithereens Photo credit: Maryanne Mistretta (see below for link to her blog) I’ve liked a number of Smithereens songs for many years. I even bought their greatest h...
New Boy [short film based on a short story by Roddy Doyle] (2007) 26 Aug 2013 | 12:12 am
[WATCHED: August 19, 2013] New Boy Wikipedia leads me to find things about authors that I don’t know. Some things lead you to unfindable items (see yesterday’s Douglas Coupland post). But this time...
Douglas Coupland: 4 things of his that I will not be writing about 25 Aug 2013 | 12:16 am
[Given up: August 24, 2013] Wikipedia is a wondrous tool, especially for fans. For instance, many times the inside cover a book will tell you what other books an author has written. But sometimes i...
Roddy Doyle–The Van (1991) 24 Aug 2013 | 01:38 am
SOUNDTRACK: FRANK TURNER-Tiny Desk Concert (July 13, 2013). NPR introduced me to Frank Turner and I’m pretty delighted that they did. I really enjoyed his set at the Newport Folk Festival. And here...
Hard Art DC 1979 (2013) 22 Aug 2013 | 09:05 pm
SOUNDTRACK: THE TEEN IDLES-Minor Disturbance (1981). The Teen Idles were the first band released on Ian MacKaye’s Dischord Records. And this EP was record 001 (MacKaye was in the band and he made hi...
Victoria Chang–The Boss (2013) 22 Aug 2013 | 01:20 am
SOUNDTRACK: THE OCTOPUS PROJECT-”Sharpteeth” (2013). The Octopus Project play largely instrumentals, but this track has vocals. It begins with a very synthy keyboard sound–very retro. But it soon g...
Douglas Coupland–Miss Wyoming (1999) 21 Aug 2013 | 01:29 am
SOUNDTRACK: THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH-Live at KEXP (September 8, 2012). The Tallest Man on Earth is Kristian Matsson a Swedish singer songwriter. His albums have a very full sound, but when he plays ...
Roddy Doyle–The Snapper (1990) 20 Aug 2013 | 04:57 am
SOUNDTRACK: KISHI BASHI-”Philosophize In It! Chemicalize With It!” (2013). I’m still really enjoying Kishi Bashi’s debut album 151a, so it’s a treat to get a new track from him. This one is a 7″ (an...
Bennett Sims–A Questionable Shape (2013) 18 Aug 2013 | 07:26 pm
SOUNDTRACK: PHISH-Live Bait Vol 09 (2013). I just recently realized that Live Bait 9 has been released. So I grabbed it just in time. Vol 9 is full of long jams. The shortest track here is 10 and ...
Sonia H. Greene–”Four O’Clock” (Something About Cats and Other Pieces, 1949) 17 Aug 2013 | 11:01 pm
SOUNDTRACK: LORDE-”Royals” (Live on KCRW, August 2013). Lorde is evidently a huge hit in her native New Zealand. Not bad for a sixteen year old. And, indeed, her voice is not bad at all for a sixte...
