This new band Horse Feathers has a certain panache. It is certainly a Red House Painters panache, but I am buying what they are selling. I like the strings and the instrumentation. To add insult to injury, I think that is my dream Volvo Wagon in the background. A Silver Volvo SL 1990′s wagon! Put …
Tag Archive: Music
Jan
07
Captain Badass
Stanley Kubrick once said that the last uncharted territory of human nature was marriage. What makes one work for a lifetime? So often because of proximity, domesticity breeds contempt in us as marital creatures. We often forget how much we wanted this from the outside. I often wonder if relationships would be better if we …
Sep
24
Jesca Hoop Album finally released
Jesca Hoop, will finally release her debut album KISMET. She is also on tour. Not sure if I can make her show at the Magic Stick in Detroit, but I would like I love to go. I first heard Jesca on Nic Harcourt’s Morning Becomes Eclectic Show. If you haven’t heard Morning Becomes eclectic it’s …
Aug
23
Pecan Pie
This song is about as perfect as they get for me and Mrs Wikle. As I venture forth into the Great White North to have my arse eaten alive by mosquitoes and brave the frigid embrace of Mother Superior once again, have a good chuckle on Mr. Tweedy’s fine tune. Keep in mind sometimes our …
Aug
02
Sing oh muse, the rage of Achilles, son of Peleus
St. Vincent, and her demo of Paris is burning from the album, Marry Me. I really like her voice and her sound. Been listening to this all day. Otherworldly and distinct are hackeneyed ways of saying she’s got a good vibe going on. I can’t wait to hear the whole album. Life has thrown some …
Feb
06
Jun
09
World Cup Fever!!!!!!!!!!!!
Watch the TV spots, they get me all misty everytime. http://www.soccernet.com/onegame/ Curse you Bono!!!! Germany VS Costa Rica Noon.
Dec
22
Lists of the damned, lists of the dead
Ok everyone else makes lists, top ten albums # Sigur Ros-Takk- Best album for the drive to lake michigan or on the run in the snow. # AC Newman- the slow wonder- best bubblegum pop ever. I can almost taste the bubble gum flavor, (is it a flavor) # Decemberists- Picaresque-songs about vengeful mariners tend …
Oct
21
Leave them all behind
strange how a ride lyric can become so engrained. I didn’t ever think it would happen, but I had to keep running when Chris mobley couldn’t. I wanted him to keep going. So far knee feels ok, sluggish 9:15 pace, but still it is better than being in the clink. Time: 36:41 4 miles.
