Archive for April 2009
29 Apr 2009
Collected thoughts to come; at present, I will leave you with the set list from each band, along with just some things I’ve written.
Categories: music
Tags: brooklyn, celtic football club, concert, edward scissorhands, mogwai, music hall of williamsburg, set list, setlist, the twilight sad
Comments: 2 Comments
29 Apr 2009
How do you get to Carnegie Hall???
Categories: music
Tags: Aaron Shaw, Alfred Shabda Owens, Bryce Dessner, carnegie hall, composer, contemporary classical, Dan Zanes, Dave Douglas, David Harrington, Dennis Russell Davies, Elena Moon Park, Evan Ziporyn, Gyan Riley, in c, Jacob Garchik, Jeanne Velonis, Joan La Barbara, Jon Gibson, Judith Sherman, Kathleen Supové, Katrina Krimsky, kronos quartet, Lenny Pickett, Loren Kiyoshi Dempster, Margaret Leng Tan, Mark Stewart, Michael Harrison, Michael Hearst, minimalism, Morton Subotnick, Osvaldo Golijov, perelman stage, Philip Glass, Saskia Lane, Scott Johnson, Sidney Chen, stern auditorium, Stuart Dempster, terry riley, Trevor Dunn, Ustad Mashkoor Ali Khan, Wu Man, Yang Yi
Comments: 1 Comment
26 Apr 2009
Maybe you’ve heard of Kid 17, in which one begins playing Radiohead’s Kid A, and then seventeen seconds later begins playing it again on another media player or set of speakers (while keeping it playing on the first one). It sounds pretty cool for Everything In Its Right Place and a few other songs, too. [...]
Categories: music
Tags: flac, foobar2000, itunes, kid 17, kid a, mp3, music for 18 musicians, radiohead, steve reich
Comments: 1 Comment
25 Apr 2009
What an ordeal this was, deciding whether to go to this concert! Back and forth I waffled, like John Kerry out to dinner. Going, not going, going. First I had no extras, then one, then two, then one, then none, then I needed one. Then I cried.
Categories: music
Tags: black pus, brian chippendale, bro, classics, lightning bolt, lp3, music, new york, ratatat, set list, setlist, terminal 5
Comments: 4 Comments
22 Apr 2009
Note to self — White Rabbits use that Blank Dogs vocal effect on The Salesman (Tramp Life). While I’m on the subject, It’s Frightening is pretty damn good on first listen. It appears that Britt Daniel is quite a capable producer, and the drums especially are mighty fine, especially (and probably not surprisingly, given the [...]
Categories: music
Tags: all hour cymbals, blank dogs, blue cd-r, fame, fort nightly, it's frightening, kids, m.i.a., mgmt, oracular spectacular, paper planes, passion pit, the salesman (tramp life), time to pretend, vampire weekend, vocal effects, white rabbits, yeasayer
Comments: 10 Comments
21 Apr 2009
Here’s something you might enjoy, friends — a news segment that delves into the sordid world of Republican tea-bagging. Try to maintain your composure during the initial assault of double entendres.
Categories: Raspy Thoughts
Tags: msnbc, fox news, tea bagging, teabagging, teabag, tea bag, republicans, conservatives, double entendres
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21 Apr 2009
It’s come to my attention that some of my readership have taken it upon themselves to launch an aggressive, hornblower-related promotional campaign on the popular social networking platform “The Facebook.” While I appreciate the zeal of my more fervent followers, I do not wish for anyone to feel uncomfortable or unwelcome here. We all have [...]
Categories: Raspy Thoughts
Tags: healing, praise, hornblower, blogs, blogging, horses, pork, cheese masters, reservoir, the news, necessary game
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18 Apr 2009
I came into this show with two sets of expectations; one grounded in my own experience, one based on waves of hearsay. The first set of expectations was that of Montreal would put on a wild and crazy show, with many props and dancers and confetti and paint and costume changes. The second was that [...]
Categories: music
Tags: adam lambert, american idol, anna maria, brooklyn, free ninety nine, greengrocer, hoses, is adam lambert gay?, janelle monae, kevin barnes, l train, music hall of williamsburg, naked, nude, of montreal, penis, pictures, pizza, set list, setlist, williamsburg
Comments: 2 Comments
17 Apr 2009
He didn’t make any Tax Day jokes! Come on. That’s what happens when you pay up to 57 per cent of your income to the government — shit’s just not funny anymore. You know this tall dude is in the top bracket, and he is in no mood to joke about taxes.
Categories: music
Tags: bowery ballroom, red cortez, set list, setlist, shallow grave, the tallest man on earth
Comments: 4 Comments
