Music For 18 Musicians

I think I’d read the name Steve Reich recently, that’s why I’m writing what I’m writing at this very moment. Now, I’d heard of Steve Reich before recently. In fact, I’ve heard his name mentioned many times over the years. I never seeked his music out. I was never one to check out modern classical […]

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“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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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