a free man

Before we go, here are some photos from our Florida trip:

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For about nine months I’ve been blogging eclectically – music, politics, science and random ramblings – on my personal site. I’ve caught a little bit of attention with my music blogging and while I have no intentions of trying to make a living off the internets, it would be cool to get more free records. [...]

It’s funny where life takes you. I spent yesterday afternoon at Her Majesty’s Prison Bullingdon doing some volunteer work regarding drugs and alcohol, forgive me if I’m not more specific. But if it was good enough for The Man in Black, then it’s good enough for me. And, no it wasn’t court ordered…
I have never [...]

Ryan Adams is a tricky one for the critics to handle. He can be absolutely brilliant and he can be really bad. He apparently has a tendency to phone up critics who give him bad reviews and argue with their answering machines. He is certainly prolific and the biggest criticism he gets is that his [...]

…that you may not have heard, but should.
I don’t like the nationalism of the British music press. Inevitably their year end lists include a overwhelming number of British bands/artists compared to those from the rest of the world. A lot of really good foreign acts get ignored by NME, Word, Mojo, etc. But here are [...]