My apologies to the arachnophobes out there. I was so caught up in the technical mastery exhibited in yesterday’s spider photo that it didn’t occur to me that some of you might freak out. It should have, really. I worked with the most insect phobic person I’ve ever encountered for a couple of years at [...]
Archive for the ‘Brooklyn’ Category
MP3s of the, um, ‘week’: The long overdue edition
This is really supposed to be a weekly feature, but I haven’t done one of these posts in a long, long time – largely because I’m lazy. And overwhelmed by the sheer volume of music coming through my inbox. But I asked for it, and it’s only fair that I share some of the discoveries [...]
A Free Man’s Top 10 of 2008: No. 10 – The Hold Steady “Stay Positive” and CONTEST.
Craig Finn is an Everyman’s rock hero. He’s living proof that you don’t have to look like Jon Bon Jovi or Michael Hutchence to be a rock star. Finn, who leads Brooklyn’s The Hold Steady, could pass as an engineering graduate student anywhere in the world but he leads one of the most blistering rock [...]
The most wonderful time of the year.
04 Dec 2008 at 21:01
A Free Man
American artists, Australian Artists, Brooklyn, MP3s, Music, Portland, Seattle, Sweden
No, not Christmas. Christmas can bite me. I’m talking about the time for end-of-year Top 10 lists. I love a good top 10 list and have always wanted a venue on which to present one. When I was thinking of starting a blog, and this is true, one of the things that motivated me to [...]
MP3s of the Week: Athens and points west…and north…
A couple of bands from my old home of Athens, Georgia have been on repeat on A Free Man’s iPod this week and I’d like to kick things off with them. First is Dead Confederate, a five piece that may be single-handedly redefining the sound of ‘Southern Rock’ as The Drive-by Truckers did before them. These [...]
MP3s of the Week: Top Toffs Edition
24 Jun 2008 at 10:27
A Free Man
American artists, Australian Artists, British Artists, Brooklyn, MP3 of the Week
The older I get, the more I appreciate the darkly twisted Nick Cave. He and his Bad Seeds have a new record out, “Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!” which is just pure art. Check out the title track for a glimpse.
MP3: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – “Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!”
London based singer-songwriter Owen Duff has [...]
What You’re Saying