“Daddy’s In The Doldrums”

Okay, I’m not really in the doldrums. I’m tired, but not in the doldrums by any means. You know who is in the doldrums? The dad in the song “Daddy’s In The Doldrums” by Secret Machines, that’s who. Secret Machines are a band I discovered back in 2004. I hadn’t heard one note of their […]

If Miles says so…

…then it shall be. I’ve got some picking up to do on this Friday evening. But that’s all right because I’ve got a couple Breakfast Stouts up in the freezer to help ease that cleaning into chill mode. No, it’s not eggs and bacon liquified and fermented over a hot Midwest summer. It’s actually a […]

Antiphon is sorta brilliant…

I’m on my third spin in a row of Midlake’s newest album -and first without former singer/leader Tim Smith- Antiphon. I will admit that when I first heard the album on NPR’s First Listen I was a little worried. Not that the album sounded bad. That’s not it at all. It’s just that nothing was […]

Trick-Or-Treat 2013

Candy schuckin’ was postponed till tonight due to inclement(crappy)weather. Good thing, cause we had a hell of a time. I’ll post more later, but here’s our evening.

BoC

I’ve been trying to figure out what it is about Boards of Canada that draws me to them. I’m rather perplexed by my obsession with this band. There aren’t catchy melodies, or headbanging riffage, or even lovesick ballads. Their songs consist of breakbeats, old synths, and sampled educational films from the 60s. Why would I […]

Music Has The Right To BeyBlades

It’s a pretty brisk, rainy, gray day here in Midwest, USA. Most folks would poo poo about that, “Whaah! It’s rainy and cold. Boo hoo hoo!” Well guess what sad eyes, go change your diaper and get out of my general space. This is October in northern Indiana. If you don’t like it, go move […]

Nothin’ but a Dopesmoker

Lying upon my front stoop when I got home from an unextraordinary workout was a box from Vermont. Inside said box was a heavy ass double LP from the now defunct doom metal band Sleep. Yes, the classic stoner doom metal masterpiece Dopesmoker. The Weedian people have arrived at my humble Midwestern abode and they’re […]

Weekend Spins

Saturday is upon us once more. I’ve spent a good portion of this Saturday in my basement like some sort of unshowered troll digging through piles of unused and unloved toys. Trash bags filled, they wait for trash day to be handled by our fine friends at Staffords Waste. Until trash day, there are other […]

“Religion don’t mean a thing…

it’s just another way to be right wing.” When I heard that line from Spoon’s excellent “Jonathon Fisk” I knew I’d found a lifelong friend in Britt Daniel. Hell, when I heard “We get high in backseats of cars, we break into mobile homes” I think I was won over. Who am I kidding, the […]

In The Stratosfear

The last couple days have seen some major Tangerine Dream action. No, that’s not some crazy sex act that’s illegal in 20 states(21 I think). It’s also not a foreign film starring…someone foreign. No, Tangerine Dream is a electronic prog band from Germany that’s been taking us on cosmic journeys since the late 60s. In […]