Thrill Jockey and the Wooden Shjips

I’ll tell you what kiddos, it was a cold one out there today. I think it was a high of 35 degrees today, with a low of 23 degrees tonight. But guess what, it’s smokin’ up in this crib tonight. Thrill Jockey sent me a care package in the form of the new Wooden Shjips […]

Midlake :: Antiphon

So here’s the scoop in case you didn’t know or didn’t really care, Midlake was/is a band from Denton, Texas that was fronted by a guy named Tim Smith. They created strange worlds on their albums that were part renaissance fair and part Ray Bradbury novel. A renaissance fair that took place in another dimension […]

“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 […]

Random Thoughts Part III

There’s one Christmas that sticks out from my childhood more than any. It was the Christmas I received the Spiderman Rescue Helicopter. This thing was massive. You know those Barbie Corvettes they used to sell to little girls that grew up to be big girls with huge expectations? Well, this helicopter was that big. Big […]

My Bloody Valentine: Live at the Aragon Ballroom

It’s not very often that one gets to see legends on stage. Not only that, but legends as prickly and fussy as a guy named Kevin Shields. A guy that took 22 years to release a follow-up to a record that pretty much helped create a genre. Sure, the argument can be said that Ride […]

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 […]

Discovered :: Miles Davis’ Pangaea

If you’ve never been to Jazz Record Mart on Illinois St in Chicago, you don’t know what you’re missing friends. It’s a chunk of vinyl history tucked into a small building that if you blinked you’d miss it. I’ve been there three, maybe four times and each time I end up leaving knowing I could’ve […]

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.

My Bloody Valentine This Sunday!

It’s been well over a year since my wife and I have gone to a concert. In fact, it was March of 2012 when we went to see Dr. Dog in Indianapolis. It was a great show, and we paid the extra $20 for each of us to get a seat in the old folks […]