Tag: music

  • Everything Must Go!

    Not real­ly. I’m final­ly get­ting around to doing some­thing I threat­ened to do ages ago: rip the CDs I real­ly want to keep and sell the rest. Now I’m get­ting seri­ous and I’ve begun in earnest. Sure, I’ll keep some hard copies as back­up, but the bulk of it is going in a box and is…

  • A Lesson in Accumulation

    Remem­ber when you used to eval­u­ate prospec­tive friends by the books they read, the movies they watched and the music they lis­tened to? Feels like a long time ago, right? Less than 10 years ago I would still scur­ry to book­stores and record shops, or spend beyond my means on DVD sales online. Then that sud­den­ly…

  • The New Desert Island Disc Dilemma

    I’ve been par­ing down my CD col­lec­tion in recent weeks and it’s giv­en me occa­sion to reflect on my behav­ior in rough­ly a decade or so of heavy music consumption. What have I learned? Who was that guy? I remem­ber spend­ing many a night at Mon­do Kim’s or AKA or pret­ty much any record store,…

  • Port St. Willow at Miner St. Studio

    Spe­cial thanks to Bri­an McTear and Weath­er­vane Music for a love­ly evening of great music, food and friends at Min­er St. Stu­dios, right around the cor­ner in Fish­town. Port St. Wil­low’s music was per­fect in that inti­mate set­ting. What a great way to start the Pri­vate Con­cert Series! This is an amaz­ing project that deserves…

  • In Praise of Ex.fm

    Remem­ber when music start-ups were such a source of frus­tra­tion for me? Now I real­ly enjoy some of them! Chief among them is ex.fm, which my friend Mark showed me just the oth­er day. Pos­si­bly the most use­ful Google Chrome exten­sion that does­n’t involve a Google product. What does it do? It sniffs out all…