At this moment, I’m full of hope—it’s oozing out of my pores and I’m expelling it though belches. That’s how hopeful I am. … I tried to narrow down the things that I’m really, really hopeful about, when it comes to music. I got it down to a list…
So it’s that time of year again; time for my annual column to “no one knows whom.” It’s a tradition. Every year I put it out there and lay it all on the line… OK, I lay most of it on the line. But that’s really just for self-preservation. …
Holiday music is a sad fact of life. It’s like Auto-Tune, songs by American Idol contestants and Kid Rock’s music—not everyone enjoys it but everyone’s got to accept it.
Still, every year at this time I’m subjected to the same “holiday” songs at work. And it’s not that I don’t enjoy them. [...]
Q-Tip - Open
J Records (Release date N/A)
Hip-Hop
Way back in 2002, Q-Tip tried to release a sophomore album. Kamaal the Abstract featured live instruments accompanied by more singing than rapping, and was promptly shelved, but not before review copies were sent out to media outlets.
Q-Tip secured a release from his label, [...]
The year is almost over and there are still around five albums that I want to get because I think they stand a good shot of making my year-end wrap up. That’s a lot for me. Usually I’m pretty much caught up by this point, but this year, between the move and the [...]
Every November I get on some sort of musical kick. A couple years ago I was all about Death Cab for Cutie. Last year Elliott Smith provided my soundtrack for the month. And this year it’s jazz.
Of course, for the last three years I’ve also been doing that whole National [...]
Something momentous happened on Tuesday. It was something that was a long time coming and that I wasn’t quite sure that I’d be alive to see. It meant a lot to blacks and whites and even resonated with people in other countries. I mean, this guy has really impacted countless lives. [...]
Yup, I’m sort of all over the place this week, so I’ve decided to put together a column with a sort of throwback vibe.
I’m kinda down right now. Y’see I just accepted that I’m the only person that I know who still buys albums. Actually I’m really saddened by the fact that most people look at me quizzically when I tell them I still buy albums. For some reason the general public (or at least those [...]
Until today, I’d never used the “repeat” function on my iPod.
I never had a use for it. In fact, I wasn’t even sure it existed, and actually had to look for it because there was a song that I wanted to keep on playing in a loop. I wanted this song [...]