Birdlips on tour

Posted on July 21st, 2009 in concert, listening, music, video | No Comments

This weekend two of my best buddies from Virginia, Lindsay and Cliff, who together are the delightful indie acoustic pop [...]

Superchunk at the South Street Seaport

Posted on July 19th, 2009 in concert, listening, music | No Comments

Twenty years of Superchunk. Twenty years of Merge Records. Mac MacCaughan and Laura Ballance, co-founders of both, have got to [...]

Non sequitur quips overheard during a visit to the James Ensor exhibition at MoMA

Posted on July 19th, 2009 in art | No Comments

“I’ve seen better.”

“Look, this one’s called ‘The Pisser.’ See, there’s a stream of piss!”

“Oh, I see! Exactly.”

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I’m working, but I’m not working for you

Posted on July 18th, 2009 in concert, listening, music, video | No Comments

More on this tonight, but for now here’s a video of “Slack Motherfucker” (the encore) from Superchunk’s show at the [...]

Castanets and Magik Markers

Posted on July 13th, 2009 in concert, listening, music | No Comments

Friday night I caught shows at the Cake Shop and the Knitting Factory. The original plan was to see D. [...]

This is what the nomads did

Posted on July 9th, 2009 in listening, music, video | No Comments

Dear Internet Surfer,
My soundtrack for the day was the High Llamas’ Hawaii. It made my L Train ride feel less [...]