I fear that this Web log has taken a distinct turn in a strictly music-oriented direction. Not to say that I don’t enjoy writing about music, because obviously I do, but my intention with The Tin Speaker has never been to create a Web log solely devoted to music. Instead, what I hope to create [...]
Archive for the ‘Raspy Thoughts’ category
Desire Under The Elms at the St. James Theatre
04 May 2009Warning sign of things to come
02 May 2009What is it? Big things are happening in hornblower’s world, and this post is intended to give you a preview of the posts to come.
A little something for the kids!
21 Apr 2009Here’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.
My Left Foot
21 Apr 2009It’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 [...]
Craigslist getting serious now
10 Apr 2009So I went to post my extra of Montreal tickets for next Thursday’s show on Craigslist, and I was confronted with a challenge I had not previously encountered. Old Newmark was telling me “Your account needs to be authenticated by phone to post to tickets on new york city craigslist.” Here’s what he has to [...]
Back from Ecuador
24 Mar 2009Sometimes it takes a week at the equator to realize what’s really important in this life. And I don’t plan on ever being away from the blog for so long again. I know it’s been hard for all of you; it’s been hard for me, too. Harder than you’ll ever know. I just don’t want [...]
Whoa, hey now Pitchfork!
08 Mar 2009First of all, it takes like a hundred thousand minutes to load, man oh man. Second of all, there’s this big old iPod touch advert that dominates the top of the screen. Third of all, the links on the top of the page make it look like every other music Web site (Brooklyn Vegan, Stereogum, [...]
Liveblogging U2 at Fordham … Sort Of
06 Mar 2009Well, it’s not exactly live, but it was when I wrote it. So deal with it. 6:44 We’ve been inside for about half an hour and I’m just bodying people left and right, with no regard for safety or decency. There is an aura of despair that pervades this space and seeps through our pores [...]
U2 at 5:30 a.m. tomorrow? Count me out.
05 Mar 2009Talk about lame. Who would wake up at 5:00 a.m. just to eat some lame-o oatmeal and mush and then go to the lame-o grassy quadrangle to sit around in the lame-o cold for hours and watch some lame-o Irishmen sing about boots? I lay even money that Edward’s Parade is a ghost town tomorrow [...]
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03 Mar 2009Everyone else thinks of Gil Scott-Heron and gets confused whenever you read “Guillermo Scott Herren” (a.k.a. Prefuse 73), right? So weird.
