January 2011
12 posts
November 2010
1 post
September 2010
2 posts
Motörhead ballad
Ah yes. The metal/punk band ballad. These always suck, right?
…not when Lemmy is involved. Ballad might be a bit of an overstatement, but this one is great, and not what you typically associate with Motörhead. And a good thing to point out with these guys is how much they don’t suck as years go by. This record came out in 2000, when the band had been around about a quarter century.
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Menomena
Bought this record as the special of the day on Amazon. Fell completely in love. Check them out.
August 2010
6 posts
Ummm…….. Hi.
April 2010
3 posts
Minimal Mac: My Pledge To You →
One day, when I was 8 years old, I found a twenty dollar bill on a city bus. My Grandmother’s house, where I spent more than a few days every week, was at the beginning of a bus route. It was not uncommon, when boarding the bus, I was one only one on. That day, I had just boarded and paid my fare…
Dude, excellent. This is much appreciated. Well written too.
February 2010
1 post
January 2010
1 post
December 2009
1 post
November 2009
4 posts
Watchdaveholmes:
Hey, Steven Tyler. Watch this video. We’ll talk about you leaving Aerosmith in four minutes.
Laughing…. a lot.
October 2009
15 posts
“Life isn’t a support system for art; it’s the other way around.”
– Stephen King, On Writing, which audiobook I’m listening to for at least the third time and still finding endlessly useful, compelling, realistic, and, yep, so inspiring. No writer makes me want to work harder than this hard-cursing, page-producing, humane word guy. (via merlin)
I discovered...
September 2009
22 posts
“Coveting possessions is unhealthy. Here’s how I look at it:
All of the...”
– A fine comment from one Pastabagel on Collect ‘em all! (via Code for Something w/ a fist-bump for Johanna) (via jackcheng)
Love the idea of this. The idea that, even that thing you “need” today may become “good to have” tomorrow and that it is OK to release it to someone that has a need then. The...
And Your Bird Can Sing
merlin:
“And Your Bird Can Sing” (Take 2 w/Overdubs)
What I love:
Without the (albeit insanely amazing) leads from Paul1 and George playing from the top, you get to hear George’s (unused) gorgeous 12-string Rick arpeggios. Jesus, what a boner that gives me. Big Rick boner. LOVE that sound.
The chatter and clowning.
I’m not a deep Beatles scholar, but I think this (Apr 1966) wasn’t...