It must be interesting to live in Bill O’Reilly’s world. It is a world with black and white and no gray. It is a world in which the only options of who can rule America are the Bush Administration or the New York Times. It is a world in which you can make up poll [...]
Archive for 2007
Gratitude
“What’s gonna set you free?
Look inside and you’ll see.
When you got so much to say
It’s called gratitude.”
-The Beastie Boys – “Gratitude”
I hope that you will indulge me in a bit of cheese this Friday afternoon. I can, on rare occasions, spend a fair bit of time feeling sorry for myself. I have been known to [...]
Top 10 Albums of 2007: No. 8 Frank Turner – “Sleep Is For The Week”
“Suddenly it hit me – I got paid this Friday last, and so I rifled through my pockets for some change.
But all I found was a packet of broken cigarettes and a sinking sense of shame.”
-Frank Turner – “The Real Damage”
Just a reminder of where we are in the countdown:
10. M.I.A. – “Kala”
9. Modest Mouse [...]
A question of perspective
“You cant go on, thinkin’,
Nothings’ wrong, but bye,
Who’s gonna drive you home,
tonight?”
-The Cars – “Drive”
I may have created some confusion the other day when I wrote about passing my driving test. I am not, in my mid-thirties, learning to drive for the first time – though if you’ve ever ridden with me you may question [...]
Top 10 Albums of 2007: No. 9 Modest Mouse – “We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank”
“Couldn’t quite seem to escape myself
Far enough, far enough
Far from Florida
We were all drowning in cruise control
Far enough, far enough
Wasn’t far enough…”
-Modest Mouse – “Florida”
Just a reminder of where we are in the countdown:
10. M.I.A. – “Kala”
If you had asked me early in the year to make a guess as to what album would be [...]
Science Tuesday: Black Dogs
“All I ask for when I pray,
Steady rollin woman gonna come my way.
Need a woman gonna hold my hand
And tell me no lies, make me a happy man.”
- Led Zeppelin – “Black Dog”
I knew as soon as I saw this paper in Science this week that I wouldn’t be able to resist.
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Top 10 Albums of 2007: No. 10 M.I.A. – “Kala”
I am kind of an obsessive top 10 lister – I won’t get into it too much as I’d like to keep this brief. But let’s just say that since I started this site one of the blogging joys I’ve been looking forward to is end of year top 10 lists. I’ll spare you and [...]
Z’s Music Monday: Mixing Science & Pleasure
“Early one mornin’ while makin’ the rounds
I took a shot of cocaine and I shot my woman down
I went right home and I went to bed
I stuck that lovin’ .44 beneath my head…”
-Johnny Cash – “Cocaine Blues”
Johnny Cash’s “I Walk the Line” was one of Z’s favorite antenatal songs. I knew that he could hear [...]
MP3 of the Week: The Felice Brothers – “Roll On Arte” & “Rockefeller Druglaw Blues”
Aha! I’m getting the timing down for reviewing new music – early in the morning while Z is still sleeping. This means being hunched over my computer at six on a Sunday morning listening to headphones, but nobody said it was going to be easy.
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