Just a reminder of where we’ve been thus far:
10. The Hold Steady – “Stay Positive”
9. The Black Angels – “Directions To See A Ghost”
8. Sun Kil Moon – “April”
7. Frank Turner – “Love, Ire & Song”
6. Vampire Weekend – “Vampire Weekend”
5. Jon and Roy – “Another Noon”
One of the toughest things about living in [...]
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A Free Man’s Top 10 of 2008: No. 4 – Frightened Rabbit – “Midnight Organ Fight” and THE GRAND PRIZE!
Deep South Smack Talk: The Expat Feud Revisited
10 Oct 2008 at 10:18
A Free Man
Australia, Boy Z, Britain, Football, Georgia, Georgia Bulldogs, expatica, parenting
Deep South Smack Talk continues this week as the hated Tennessee Volunteers roll out of the hills of east Tennessee and into an almost certain ass kicking at the hands of my beloved Georgia Bulldogs. Those of you who have been reading A Free Man for a while may remember the humiliation visited upon my [...]
One for you nineteen for me
Sometimes I think I’m a masochist. As I mentioned in my last politically inclined post, I listen to a lot of podcasts from all over the political spectrums. One of these is Bill O’Reilly’s radio program (The Bill-O The Clown Show, if you listen to Keith Olbermann). Now, I should point out that I generally [...]
Always winter, never Christmas
The more observant (annoyingly retentive) of you may remember that I wrote a post a few weeks ago scoffing at, even mocking the Australian ‘winter’. I derided both the Aussie version of the bleak season and Aussies themselves for being fragile and delicate when the temperatures dropped below 15°C.
Well, I want to humbly retract that [...]
This Week on the (Dr) O’C: Knocked Up
The normally reserved Dr. O’C speaks. This week, pregnancy…
So I am pregnant. Without wanting to be. I spend the next two weeks traveling around the U.S. for work. I get back on a Wednesday, am expected in London for a meeting first thing Thursday, get out of bed, throw up, miss the train, go back to bed and spend [...]
This week, on The (Dr.) OC
For some time now a number of you, have been asking to hear more from the elusive Dr. O’C. She pops into the comment stream now and again with a clever commentary. But, she’s been a bit reluctant to seriously put pen to paper (or fingertip to key), primarily because she’s rankled by my titular [...]
Brought to you by the letter “T”
About the only two things that Tropidelic and Tafra have in common are the first letter of their names and the fact that I’ve had their records in my hands waiting for a review for far too long. Actually, one other thing that these two acts share – A Free Man digs them.
A reggae band [...]
Z’s Music Monday: David Bowie
“It’s loud and tasteless
and I’ve heard it before
You shout it while you’re dancing
on the whole dance floor
Oh bop, fashion…”
-David Bowie – “Fashion”
Some of you may have thought that I’ve lost interest in Baby Z’s musical education. I’ve not done a Z’s Music Monday post in ages. It’s not that I’ve stopped playing music for him, [...]
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