Dec 26, 2011

Top 10 Albums of 2011

Top Ten Albums of 2011 1. David Comes to Life – Fucked Up 2. Killing The Darlings – Pearl and the Beard 3. Bon Iver – Bon Iver 4. Wild Flag – Wild Flag 5. Long Live

Sep 28, 2011

A New Renaissance City

Detroit is a forgotten city. While it was victim to the urban decay and abandoned structures that is so often written about, it didn’t, based on appearance alone, seem all that worse

Aug 11, 2011

Kings Without a Crown

Jay-Z and Kanye West’s collaborative album as  “The Throne” will survive buoyed on the lofty expectations and reputations of the people that made it. Watch The Throne&

Jul 30, 2011

Somewhere Between The Sleeves

“Horses” is not the best record Patti Smith has ever made. It’s one of rock and roll’s best opening acts, but it’s dwarfed her career

Mar 14, 2011

Still, I'm Gonna Miss You

My parents had to put Ruby down today. In June, she would have been fourteen. She most likely was a Collie – German Shepard – Golden Retriever mix. We didn’t get

Mar 7, 2011

Ellis Island and Lady Liberty

Took these photos last weekend at Ellis Island. I’m really just posting them to test out the Lightbox feature we’ve got rolling on the site now. Enjoy! #gallery-2 { margin:

Feb 20, 2011

'The King of Limbs' is a stretch

Few rock and roll bands these days elicit a global response to their every move. Sure, the world has progenitors like Lady Gaga, but there’s not a collective that captures our

Feb 11, 2011

Zeroing in on Heads Up Display

We’re not so far away from the time where technology didn’t dictate every second of every day life. Listening to Heads Up Display’s eponymous album, it’

Dec 20, 2010

Top 10 Albums of 2010

I stuck strictly to albums and omitted late additions (things I started to listen to after other lists came out). Therefore, Pearl and the Beard’s Black Vessel EP and other 2010

Dec 19, 2010

Jim Joe. Jim Joe!

When I visited in May in the run up to moving here, I spotted this tag on a garbage can in Greenpoint. Womp Womp! Since then, I’ve seen Jim Joe’

Sep 8, 2010

Up "All Night" with Houses

Imagine losing your job without any idea of what to do next. Well, other than looking for another job. There’s also that romantic idea of moving somewhere tropical, living off the