“Aw, Fine, Mom! How’s Washington?”
Although I’m sure no one will read this before the New Year, I wanted to share my favorite New Year’s song with you, oh internet. The Dismemberment Plan: “Ice Of Boston” (download) Enjoy! Tomorrow comes the T-Sides Best of ’06 lists, including the following lists: Top 10 Albums Top 6 EPs/7″/Demos Top 5 Rap/Hip-Hop Albums...
All Night Stay-Up, No Sleep!
I’m pulling an all-nighter tonight in preparation for my trip to Seattle for the holidays. But unlike in college where my all-nighters were usually thanks to ridiculous amounts of fun (I only ever pulled one or two all-nighters because of work that was due), I’m staying up because it just seems easier, as I need...
After this Flow, You Might Owe Me a Favor.
I had originally planned a sort of blog update weekend extravaganza. I’ve been crazy mad exhausted lately, so I was looking forward to a weekend of relaxation and mild but enjoyable work, such as finishing the little things left to do in the apartment, watching ROME and updating T-Sides. Then yesterday I realized that this...
It’s Only Wednesday.
I had a horrible day today. The kind of horrible day where everything starts going wrong the minute you walk out the door. In truth, my troubles really did start then, because when I closed the door and left this morning is when I locked myself out of my apartment. That was just the beginning,...
Racetrack: “Go Ahead and Say It” EP
Before we start, it’s disclosure time. I know Racetrack. I don’t know them in the OMG we’re best friends and we hang out all the time kind of way, but in a we saw each other at a lot of the same shows in Seattle and identified with some similar bands kind of way. And...
Project Runway Contest Sighting #2!
I’m sure that only a fraction of you will care about this, but I have to mention it. Yesterday I was walking to Whole Foods in Union Square to grab some lunch, and as I was crossing the street, I saw Malan Breton, of Project Runway Season 3 fame. You may remember him as making...
Central Services: “Central Services”
It’s a tough music world for side projects. Endlessly compared to main projects, no matter how different, they bear the brunt of greatness indirectly. (The Postal Service are perhaps the only/biggest exception to this.) Even if your main project isn’t so hugely famous, the side project is almost always subject to wider criticism. Perhaps it’s...
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