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Archive for November, 2008
Commuter – Day 3
28, Nov 2008Don’t worry, I’ll eventually stop kicking this dead horse. But I wanted to share a couple of other things I learned on today’s rides. The morning ride is becoming a really nice way to start the day. Blood flowing, fresh air, motion; all things I need more of in my life and now I can [...]
- In: the good life
Heavy Rotation – Blood on the Wall
28, Nov 2008I had never heard of Blood on the Wall before I, er, acquired their latest album ‘Liferz’. Brooklyn indie rock is the best and most brief descriptive. You like guitar jangles? It’s there. Some light speed tomtom action? They have that too. This was one of my most pleasant musical surprises in 2008. ‘Hibernation‘ gets [...]
- In: heavy rotation
Heavy Rotation – Spank Rock
28, Nov 2008I do love some Spank Rock (careful, mySpace link). This isn’t a proper studio album from these guys, it’s a live set from the Fabric Nightclub in London. It doesn’t have the B’more Bounce I wanted to hear but it’s got some neat moments. “Do You Love me?” is billed as by The Contours, but [...]
- In: heavy rotation
Commuter – Day 2
26, Nov 2008This is what my normal bike commute will be once I break down and make this a new habit. 5.5 miles is completely reasonable. I would almost say it was borderline pleasant. To answer a couple of questions: 1) I’m not sure what model I have, but my mountain bike (which I am using as [...]
- In: flog|the good life
Oh man! They don’t make ‘em like this any more.
26, Nov 2008This is an amazing Sports Illustrated cover from 1967. Plus it’s hyping my beloved Knicks. Looks like it was, um, inspired by the Zig Zag Man, no?
- In: print
Heavy Rotation – Jimmy Smith
22, Nov 2008Jimmy Smith was the first big star of the Blue Note jazz label. Apparently he made it possible for the label to stay alive long enough to get a reputation for publishing good music. Thank goodness he did, as some of my favorite jazz records are on Blue Note. “Cool Blues” is a damn fine [...]
- In: heavy rotation
Heavy Rotation – Stephen Malkmus
22, Nov 2008The most recent Stephne Malkmus and the Jicks album, “Real Emotional Trash”, is solid but the song “Gardenia” is excellent. I’ll always listen to what SM has to sing.
- In: heavy rotation
Heavy Rotation – Santogold
22, Nov 2008I am a little embarrassed that it took me so long to get into Santogold. I really should have been there as soon as they linked her with Spank Rock (a massive musical crush I have) but I resisted because she was a little too “next new hotness”. I stand corrected. She’s all over the [...]
- In: heavy rotation
Heavy Rotation – MGMT
22, Nov 2008MGMT just isn’t my style. I like the single, “Time To Pretend” well enough, but the rest of the album just didn’t click for me. Oh well, can’t like them all.
- In: heavy rotation
Commuter – Day 1.
21, Nov 2008I finally broke down and shamed myself into riding my bike to work. 8 miles, and it took me about 40 minutes. I think I can shave another couple of minutes off the ride with some route tinkering but I’m not trying to set any records. On a bad traffic day it could take me [...]
- In: flog|the good life