New Two Gallants: “Seems Like Home to Me”
It’s no secret that yours truly has a strong love for a little twosome from San Francisco called Two Gallants. Of all the bands to grace these pages, they’ve probably appeared the most. If you’re anything like me, the more someone pushes something, the more apprehensive you become, so I don’t blame you if you’ve...
T-Sides in Other Places.
1. Last week’s The Week in Rock Roundtable was especially hilarious. Check out our musings on The Tubes, Steve Perry, and Damn Yankees — plus plenty of off-topic subject matter — here. 2. I contributed a song to this week’s EarFarm theme chosen Contrast Podcast. The picture above is your hint to which song I...
Lost MP3 of the Week: “Rent is too Damn High”
It’s been a long week. One of my two other roommates decided to move out, resulting in a lot of stress over money, landlords, finding new roommates, etc. All the housing stress reminded me of my first apartment hunt, and then reminded me of something my editorial & review class professor told me about in...
Patti Smith @ Bowery Ballroom, Thursday, Apr. 24th
The line for the 10:30 Patti Smith Bowery Session (the last of three) was enormous. It curved around the corner and went around halfway around the next block. I was easily the youngest person in line. At some point, the couple ahead of me (probably also in their 20s, but definitely older than me) had...
St. Vincent & John Vanderslice @ Union Hall, Sunday, Apr. 22nd
It’s never been especially easy for singer-songwriters. It seems like every Jane and John Doe who can play a guitar thinks that means that they can write good songs. With the blogs and MySpace and how the two have completely revitalized how people discover music, it’s become even harder. Any marketing student or employee can...
Back in the Saddle.
Okay. You caught me. I’ve been busy. For the past month or so, my life has been consumed by my advanced photography class. We had a show last week, and I poured every free minute of my time into it. But now it’s done, which means that T-Sides is back on track. HOORAY! Luckily, this...
Goes Cube @ Mercury Lounge, Friday, April 6th
Let’s be upfront, shall we? I know diddly squat about any kind of heavy/hard music. If you’d like proof, I can tell you that the first hard/heavy music I listened to was Metallica. Not Metallica circa Kill’em All, Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets, Justice for All or the Black Album, but Metallica circa Load....
Bloggers for a Cure.
Quoth Spider-Man: “with great power comes great responsibility.” While claiming a blog as power might seem silly on some levels, when one considers that this blog, a tiny little blip in the world of blogging, recieves between 1,000-2,000 hits a day, one realizes the kind of power that lies in their hands. Jeff, writer of...
No, really.
I know, I know. Things have been really quiet here at T-Sides, and believe me, it’s not for a lack of caring — I still want you to read this, I still want you here! It’s largely that I’m busy, and it’s hard for me to settle down and write things with as long as...
The Week in Rock Roundtable: Week Four
Here are your links for last week’s the Week in Rock Roundtable: Part 1: where we discuss Prism (“the Canadian Toto”) and Tony “Huge in Germany” Carey Part 2: where we discuss Peter “wants to be in the J Geils band” Wolf, even more Robert Plant and Live (“Could Live Get More Punchingly Earnest Than...
Stay Tuned
Fear not, T-Sides it not dead! Some friends from Seattle are staying with me, so I’ve been busy. But I have plans for future entries, so take my word that they are on the way. In the meantime, here are a few things you should check out: 1. If you haven’t already, get caught up...
The Week in Rock Roundtable: Week Three
I got so caught up in my excitement for St. Patrick’s Day that I completely forgot to link out to last week’s Week in Rock Roundtable. Last week, John from Lost in the ’80s joined, along with Gary from Media Hound and Will from Bullz-Eye. Don’t ask me what the current participant count is, because...
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