Archive for May, 2009

Sunday Mix Tape – Number 146

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

Good Sunday, all. A very good Sunday if you’re looking forward to the summer months, I suppose, but here in Southern California there isn’t really anything that exciting (or even noticeable most of the time) about changing weather and seasons. While there’s certainly a difference between cloudy/cool and sunny/warm, those are pretty much the only [...]

William Fowler Collins @ Center For The Arts; Eagle Rock, CA

Saturday, May 30th, 2009

Last night I finally got to behold the live performance of experimental guitarist and good friend of Swan Fungus, William Fowler Collins. His 40-minute opening slot for Brightblack Morning Light — some F Yeah Fest-related thing — was an exercise in deeply moving and evocative solo guitar improvisations. Collins drew on all the same themes [...]

Fugazi – In On The Kill Taker Demos

Saturday, May 30th, 2009

I really don’t remember where I found this, but I do remember being very excited about it. In On The Kill Taker is my favorite Fugazi album, probably because it was the first record of theirs I heard. It is well known that the band recorded demos for the album with Steve Albini in Chicago, [...]

The Top Ten Signs Your Life Has Become Pathetic

Friday, May 29th, 2009

Earlier this week I opined about how there are moments in one’s life that signify a person has, well, jumped the shark. Actually, it’s worse than jumping the shark. I declared that there are many, many times in a person’s life when they could (and should) realize that they are utterly pathetic. There is definitely [...]

Mountaineers

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

One day we’ll all go to the beach, and the next day I’ll take my guests up into the mountains for an afternoon of peace and picturesque bliss at high altitudes. That’s just the kind of host I am. Patient. Caring. Ingenious. Well-hung. The list goes on, and on, and on. This afternoon, after a [...]

Beach Bums

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

Woke up at 10am this morning and slowly readied ourselves for a day at the beach. By we I mean myself, Nicci, and my friends Ken and Kt who are visiting from Jersey. We were planning on taking surfing lessons. We’re pretty much all first-timers, so we had no idea a) how expensive it [...]

White Hills – No Game To Play

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

The very first (that I know of) White Hills release, this 2003 CDr was manufactured and sold by the band at shows and at certain stores around New York City. Although only 100 copies were made, they used to be pretty easy to find at places like Kim’s Underground and Other Music. A few years [...]