All You Need To Know: A Conversation with Medicine’s Brad Laner

I know at some point in our lives we think that we’ve heard it all. That we are musically omnicient and there is nothing that hasn’t passed our ears and our firm, pointed judgement. Hey, I’m guilty of it. You have those moments when “so and so” or “that guy at work” or “grandma” asks […]

Mr. Pooch McGooch Approves…

Saturday I’d heard a rumor from my good friend and Cambodia Highball bandmate Shane Page that the downtown antique store was having a huge vinyl sidewalk sale. Everything out on the sidewalk was only .50, then from 4 to 5pm everything was .10. Well we practiced until 3:30pm, so that took me out of the […]

The Dodos-Carrier

I’ve loved The Dodos ever since I first heard their second album Visitor back in 2008. What I heard in their brand of jumpy, manic, acoustic pop made me think of watching a little kid using his imagination to entertain himself. Boundless energy, conviction to the task at hand. That task? Well, for that little […]

Sunday Salsa…and Guacamole

We’ve arrived at yet another Sunday, and that means another end to a weekend. It’s always sad to see a weekend go. “Goodbye weekend. We had a great time together, didn’t we? Yeah, that thing we did was so much fun. Okay, be careful driving. Watch out for deer. Call when you get home!” But […]

Friday the 13th

Today is Friday the 13th. I can’t report any bad luck for today. I mean, no more than I normally deal with anyways. It was actually a rather pleasant Friday the 13th. The weather finally broke and it was a beautiful cool day. A fall day. Upper 60s for a high. It’ll get down to […]

The Polyphonic Spree- Yes, It’s True

The Polyphonic Spree has always had this air of overwhelming positivity. Even on their darkest album, 2007s The Fragile Army, despite the black jumpsuits and black eyeliner they came across as pensive, yet hopeful. I think that quality has always endeared me to them. Tim DeLaughter and Wayne Coyne are like the opposite sides of […]

Music on a Wednesday

I haven’t written much on music the last couple days. I’ve been busy and haven’t had the proper time to discuss and reflect. Plus, this heat we’ve had this week has pretty much knocked me on my ass. So tonight I’m gonna talk about a couple albums I received from the UK courtesy of Death […]

Head

So, back in the day when Times Square was still a sewer and littered with junkies and prostitutes and X-rated theaters lined the street there used to be this place you could visit called a head shop. Now, this wasn’t something just Times Square had. No, I was merely using that as an example of […]

Shaking The Habitual

It’s Sunday and I don’t have much to report. But, since I’m sitting in my chair relaxing I figured I could put these fingers to work. The majority of the weekend has been listening to music, so it’s been a pretty good weekend for the most part. I’ve had some moments of bull-headedness, but that’s […]

and so it has begun…

It was nearly 3:30am and I was sleeping quite comfortably when I felt a presence. I opened my eyes slowly and saw a smallish figure standing next to me. “I can’t fall asleep. I keep waking up, and my head hurts.” “You’ve been in bed for six hours”, I said to my distraught son. “Let […]