Posts by Treppenwitz
End of Independent Study
Well, the powers that be at MSNBC have decided to pull the plug on the column I contribute to called "Independent Study." Evidently writing about indie bands doesn't drive traffic to the site like Britney and Paris do. The Indie Study archive URLs will stick around, but they are not accepting new content. Dang it. And I was well on the way with a "Minus the Bear" story.MSNBC is currently th...
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Under Byen again
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Cortney Tidwell
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Thanks to "goodmusiconly":http://mog.com/goodmusiconly for the tip on Cortney. I just wrote a story about her last week: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18984712/ She has an incredible voice and a very personal musical vision. Many of her songs sneak up on me, giving me goosebumps. She has a tour planned for New York, but nothing further at this time. Hope she makes it out west sometime soon.
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Todd Reynolds
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New piece on Laura Veirs
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While I'm In San Francisco
I'm in San Francisco for a couple days, down here to visit a friend and see Under Byen at the GAMH tonight. I went to Amoeba yesterday and picked up about 12 CDs of stuff that has roots in the Bay Area and is rather difficult to find elsewhere (e.g. affiliated with Ralph Records at one time). I rounded out my Tuxedomoon back catalog, got some Frith, Kaiser, Skeleton Crew. I picked up a Jandek C
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Finger Tappin' Fun
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Locating MOG account...