I am a champion of all things musical, save for Supertramp. Fuck those guys.
Obsessions in The Year of the Rabbit
I obsess. About music, film, comedy, a clean kitchen counter, the precise folding of my laundry and tying of my shoes… I’m not well. While some of these are a window into much deeper problems relating to my upbringing, others…
The Year of the Rabbit: Things What I Liked in 2011, 25-1
Check out Fishtonian.com’s Spotify Playlist for The Best in The Year of the Rabbit. 25 K-Holes K-Holes Hozak Records Hark! Is that the saxophone of Hawkwind I hear? No, but it’s the fucking K-Holes. Laying down a bed of Doom…
The Year of the Rabbit: Things What I Liked in 2011, 50-26
Check out Fishtonian.com’s Spotify Playlist for The Best in The Year of the Rabbit. 50 Empros Russian Circles Sargent House Instrumental outfit Russian Circles does a bang-up job conjuring an amalgam of epic sludge metal, post rock pacing and meticulous…
The Year of the Tiger: Things What I Liked in 2010
50 Pickin’ Up The Pieces Fitz & the Tantrums Dangerbird Records 49 Fields Junip Mute 48 Dark Night Of The Soul Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse Capitol Records 47 How I Got Over The Roots Def Jam Recordings 46 Le Noise…
The Year of the Ox: Things What I Liked in 2009
35 Beast Rest Forth Mouth Bear in Heaven Hometapes 34 …At The Moment Of Our Most Needing Rock Plaza Central Paper Bag Records 33 Beware Bonnie “Prince” Billy Drag City 32 Tyvek Tyvek Siltbreeze 31 Run Rabbit Run Sufjan Stevens,…
And now… WTF?
Oh to be a Jew in 1989. Notice the surreal Jon Voight ultra-creepy stare-down at the :15 second point complete with Orthodox Jewish hypeman. From this moment on, I will always refer to Bob Dylan as Moiche Rubenstein. I don’t…
I’d Buy That For A Dollar!
Check out London outfit Fanfarlo’s album Reservoir. It’s only $1 on their website until July 4th. A delicious indie pop morsel that’s very Stars-like with hefty portions of David Byrnish vocals. Go. Listen. Frolic. Look up at the rain with…
A Night Out In Fishtown: The Tallest Man On Earth
Thursday, June 11, 2009 The Tallest Man On Earth Johnny Brenda’s A night out in the wondrous villa of Fishtown is always a sweet treat, friends. And when you add a mysterious Swedish guitar dynamo to the mix, it becomes…
2008: Things What I Heard/Things What I Saw
Well look at that! 2008 is all over and now 2009 is underway! Doesn’t time fly! And before you know it, well it’ll be 2010, then 2015, and you KNOW what 2015 will bring, right? What with Obama in the…
Shows To Which I Goes: Iron & Wine
September 28, 2007 Iron & Wine Tower Theatre What a lovely shocker it was. A walk-up ticket purchase at the Tower Theatre, and Jesse and I left wondering to what great heights we’d be relegated. But the glum ticketmarm led…
