T-Sides CMJ Wrap Up: Friday, Nov. 3
[In relation to my CMJ coverage, allow me to pre-emptively apologize for two things: 1) my camera is not fabulous with concert photos, 2) I won’t be hosting many mp3s direct. The reason for the latter is that my current connection is rather slow, so it takes me ages to download and upload things. Since...
CMJ Descends Upon New York City.
Have no fear, readers, I have not forsaken thee. As some of you may know, and as some of you may not know, CMJ has taken over New York City. What’s CMJ, you ask? (If you don’t ask this, feel free to skip ahead to the next paragraph). CMJ stands for College Music Journal, which...
The Fruit Stand Outside My Window.
When I was a bit younger, probably about Middle School age, I used to think of a music video for almost every song I listened to. I knew I’d never have a future in the music video concept business, though, because my idea for each music video usually consisted of exactly what I was doing...
Second-Hand Rose Records
Johnnie Taylor: “Cheaper To Keep Her” (download) There’s this record store near Union Square that I love, called Second-Hand Rose. It’s mostly vinyl, and the place is filled with some incredible stuff. I was in there the other day, and the owner was playing a Stax compilation that I really loved and may try to...
Friday at the Movies!
Yes, I did it. Last night, I went to the 10pm screening of Snakes On A Plane. To my surprise, the theater wasn’t entirely sold out (to be fair, it was a massive AMC Theater in Times Square, and there were people in every row) — but we did have to wait in line, and...
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