so i’ve just finished the third revision of my top 100 albums list — which to avoid confusion/arguments is a personal selection, not an attempt at a best of all time list — and to build some interest/excitement in the list beyond myself and the 1-2 other people that have traditionally cared about this i’ve [...]

mp3: silver jews – self-ignition
video: chris stroffolino – self-ignition

may be hard to believe… but this dude really did play keys on american water

i’ve slowly begun working on the third revision of my personal top 100 albums list. as planned, this year i am making the transition to a one album per artist limit… which has automatically disqualified twenty excellent albums from last year’s list (see below). this has been a hard step for me to take, but [...]

this is out tomorrow. and for once, the work of david berman is not compelling me to immediately empty my pockets… to purchase tickets to shows i have no means of attending, to preorder records the second they are announced, sometimes in multiple formats, to buy a backup t-shirt, in case something happens to the [...]

mp3: silver jews – rebel jew
happy easter.
video: silver jews – rebel jew

i thought i’d be able to rip the joos final show from the promised wsm broadcast of bluegrass underground… but berman said he managed to negotiate out of said broadcast and since i’ve been unable to find any info on it, i guess i’ve got no choice but to believe him. there is still hope [...]

mp3: friendly fires – i’m good, i’m gone (lykke li cover)mp3: silver jews – the right to remain silent
as excited as i am to be seeing lykke li at the 6th & i synagogue (which is becoming one of my favorite venues in town) tonight … the knowledge that the silver jews are playing their [...]

something caught my eye in drag city’s newsletter this week… well a few things actually. though technically old news… the promise of a new bill callahan album this year (sometimes i wish we were an eagle) continues to produce triple ! excitement in me… and my bookshelf is just itching to have david berman’s book [...]

i had no intention of making any kind of best of 2008 list, preferring instead to let my last.fm listening data speak for itself. but every single person/publication’s best albums of 2008 list i’ve read so far has pissed me off. sure, several albums i loved this year have rightfully popped up on nearly everybody’s [...]

friday marked the end of my 3rd year using last.fm. as i mentioned last year, i’ve been capturing my complete artist and song charts on 12/12 each year to track how my listening habits change over time. in addition to tracking the progression of my overall charts, i also note the top songs and artists [...]