August 2011
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July 2011
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Austra, Bear Hands and Lord Huron are among my LA concert picks for the week — from the Huffington Post Los Angeles.
(Also, whoever decided to call my ((new)) column the “cool kids guide” is probably not aware that I spend a good deal of my time at home eating hummus with a spoon).
five things from stevie wonder and friends at the...
1. Mia Doi Todd doing dreamy Brazilian flavored hippie folk love songs at sunset, when that golden glow of LA light was filling the bowl and I was just getting into a block of Emmentaler. Right with the world, all was.
2. Hobbling to the ladies room on my crutches, which was tiring in and of itself with the inclines, then almost falling over because of said inclines and the four glasses of wine...
WatchThis past Friday was officially “Justin Vernon Day” in Milwaukee, as Bon Iver kicked off their much-anticipated (by me!) national tour in their (and my!) home state of Wisconsin.
My dear home-town bffs Andrea and Dani saw them play last night, and reported from the scene, (Milwaukee’s Riverside Theatre), that it was “dreamy.” (They saw the second show of the...
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M83 maestro Anthony Gonzalez is...
"this kind of music does not happen in other U.S....
So says MartyParty, which must be a fun name to have.
From the Huffington Post LA, five guys -Kraddy, Dillon Francis, PANTyRAiD, Nosaj Thing and MiMOSA- that make music with their Macbooks.
Check the article here.
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Little Dragon has been on my...
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Clearly a falsetto-laced Bon...
WatchThe “unprecedented traffic event” we’ve all been waiting for offically began this evening, so in honor of Carmageddon, here’s an REM video classic featuring sad sack Michael Stipe stuck in LA gridlock.
The news tonight featured a “Countdown to Carmageddon” clock in the right hand corner of the screen. It felt like New Year’s Eve, primarily because I was...
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five songs played consecutively by my ipod shuffle...
1. “Under the Milky Way Tonight” - The Church
2. “Ignition (Remix)” - R. Kelly
3. “Astral Weeks” - Van Morrison
4. “Re-Up” - Diplo
5. “Who’s Lovin’ You” - The Jackson 5
Five Things I Just Learned From the Bruce...
I know it seems like this is turning into some obsessy shrine, but bear with me, because this stuff is an important part of American history and it will be on the final exam. Also, I was bored tonight.
1. In the early 1990s, Bruce disbanded the E Street band and stopped touring. He had spent his life making music, now, he needed to spend some time living. Every member of the band got a severance...
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I know I’ve been pushing...
I know this look. It’s called “Wisconsin”
Yes, please
Diplo’s guest DJ set for KCRW. Dance, fools.
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