The other day I overheard this questioning statement: “So, this isn’t so bad, is it? The whole hanging out thing?” Here is a beautiful cover of Bon Iver’s “Skinny Love” by Birdy (the original is great, too!): . The scene: A coffee shop on St. Clair Avenue West, late afternoon shifting subtly into that post-5 […]
Read more "Observations in a Coffee Shop: The Post-Break Up Hangout"It had been awhile since I thought about Andrew Bird, and awhile is always too long to not think about Andrew Bird’s whimsical whistling. Here is “Tables and Chairs” (there will be snacks, there will!): On the last day of November, I woke up antsy because of a bad dream I had early that morning […]
Read more "Ezra’s Pound"December 1 is World AIDS Day, and the red ribbon is used to promote awareness of the deadly disease. For anyone who is interested, the World AIDS Day site offers a source for HIV facts, a list of events promoting awareness, and other information: http://www.worldaidsday.org/. So why is today important? Well, as a starting point, […]
Read more "World AIDS Day"When late November presents its melancholic face – that long grey stretch of waiting for a cleaner and whiter and more festively Christmas-light-festooned December – there will always be music to warm you up again. This transcendental song by Little Dragon, “Twice,” encapsulates the rainy, cold feeling that this month likes to spring on us […]
Read more "More People, More Places, More Beer"It’s been a bit of a crazy week! My body’s already protesting the lack of sleep, but I just keep promising myself that things will cool down a bit once the weather prompts me to turn into a hibernating bear with that extra fur coat (also known as my delicious duvet in my deliciously large […]
Read more "People, Places, Things (and Beer)"Disclaimer: I think I have mentioned this before, but I am terrible at writing about music. Also, my inherent biases that arose from meeting the band and really liking them all make this review far from objective, but I own that bias completely. Last night I went to see This Ship play at The Legendary […]
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from near to far 