Tag: Music
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Now We Can Do Stuff Again!
I was feeling old and paralyzed last night as I drove home. It was my daughter’s second birthday (she has officially graduated from tiny baby to little person). It had been a typical case-of-the type of Monday; I was feeling ambivalent about the job that I like alright but don’t see myself doing forever. I…
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My Favorite Albums of 2009
I tweeted all this madness, so you have probably seen it before. But here’s all 55 (!) of my #best09 tweets rounded up. The first 10 are in order of preference, after that they’re in the order in which they were posted. For reference, the format is Band/Album//Witty review with the // link going to…
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Livetweeting Philip Glass + LA Philharmonic @ Hollywood Bowl
A collection of my tweets from the Philip Glass/LA Phil Hollywood Bowl concert with slideshow and download. Link
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Top Ten of 2009’s First Half
Top Ten 1. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion [[tied]] 1. Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca 3. Akron/Family – Set ’em Wild, Set ’em Free 4. DM Stith – Heavy Ghost 5. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz 6. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest 7. Bat for Lashes – Two Suns 8. Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus…
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Golden Hurricane Mixtape
This is an old mixtape. My best guess is that it’s from spring 2005, though it may be older than that. Enjoy. link
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Thanks a Lot, Genius
Apple’s new feature, Genius, has been getting some “it works pretty good” responses from musically inclined computer users. I don’t share that assessment. Until an editing feature is implemented, I think that Genius just doesn’t have the skills to be your personal iPod DJ. [click to read the whole post]