Quest for Fire played in New York this weekend. Two shows, the Bell House (very good) and the Mercury Lounge (bleeping transcendent.)During the show I tweeted this:Slackjawed and tingly watching this band kill it. Imagine this is what stripclubs are like for those so inclined.11:39 PM Jun 6th from Twitterrific Which basically says it all. So yeah, they closed with this both nights, which happen...
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here's where I'd usually quote a lyric, but I can't make out a word
don't say you're not amazed when you know you are
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Mike Viola has cured me of my longstanding music misogyny. My last two favorite albums have been by female artists - first Kelly Jones's SheBang!, now Mandy Moore's Amanda Leigh - at least partially because of Mr.Viola's writing and production (and excellent taste in picking interesting and talented women to work with).I've been behind Mandy Moore forever - "Candy," "In My Pocket," even "A Walk to
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the best that you've heard in quite some time
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For four weeks, Mike Viola (you know, that amazing genius who wrote that song about me - sorry, never gets old!) played every Friday night at Joe's Pub. It was altogether wonderful.Before his sets, Kelly Jones (not that one) played her entire current album live. I'm going to be honest, I wasn't thrilled. I mean, that's like a dozen songs - pretty long opening act, especially when the show starts a
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it's in me to sing
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I haven't written about a food in a long time, but I just made a very lovely salad that I don't want to forget.Grilled chicken (6 strips, marinated in balsamic vinegar, olive oil, herbes de Provence)Goat cheese (small log, with garlic and herbs)radish (1 large, thin and thick sliced)cucumber (1 medium, sliced)romaine (1 head, chopped)vinaigrette (balsamic vinegar, apple cider vinegar, orange juice
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another hit I'll take on the chin
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Sloan's new album, Parallel Play, came out yesterday. My pre-ordered copy is somewhere in the mail, but Yep Roc is nice and lets you download it as well as having a hard copy.This morning, after spilling my coffee on my light blueish green shirt ("I'd call that seafoam," said a co-worker who shouldn't say things like "seafoam"), on my long, hot walk to the train, I listened to the album for the se
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I know you feel let down
There's a dog barking behind one of the houses. I like to think it is because I am singing this song out loud in my kitchen with the windows open and the little guy is singing along. Probably not though. Anyway, I am going to keep singing it, because I got out of work on time which means I am alone in the house for a bit. Until I go off the deep end and start singing out loud on the subway, or mag
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seductive in small doses
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Sometime last week or the week before, I got re-crushed on someone. Re-crushed is bad, worse than newly-crushed. With newly crushed, there's a lot of learning to do, things to watch for, things to look up. With re-crushed, there is all of that, plus all of the stuff I'd originally experienced/written/talked about to re-explore. In other words, I've been trolling my old online diaries and annoying
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if it makes you sad, it makes me sadder
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Honestly, moving my desk at work is not a big deal. Now I have a wall that I can hang things on and a real desk, not the corner of an editing station. But I will miss the company, the goofiness, the singing, the boys. Here is a song that no one would sing at work, but it reminds me of the move, the "separate the girls from the boys" part (which was not the point of the move, but it's fun to pre...
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