Musical Musings
Musical Musings: Bluegrass Admissions
Okay, so. I was a self-professed music hoarder in my earlier years which saw weekly cd-binges in Vancouver, followed by a vigilant pitchfork.com following, while these days find me utilizing the brilliance of pandora.com as the lazy-(wo)man’s playlist compiler. If you haven’t figured out that Pandora is, quite simply, the bomb-diggity — then I highly [...]
Musical Musings - Holiday Edition
As per my post waxing poetic about Celine, Mariah and Roger previously, a musical soundtrack for the holiday season is a high priority on my to-do list these days. I currently have a stealthy pile borrowed from a co-worker to upload onto our laptop at home, but there are some other albums that I have [...]
Musical Musings: Ratatat
Nipping at the heels of Courtney at Inside the Loop’s video post for The Knife’s “Heartbeats”, I realized that this Swedish brother and sister team reminded me of a long favourite Brooklyn band, Ratatat. The latter is a two-man team that have won accolades from many music snobs, so imagine my surprise when I pull [...]
Musical Musings: Explosions in the Sky
The air has started to chill here in New York, fall is around the corner and I’m (im)patiently awaiting the leaves to turn. I dread that icy chill of the winter wind howling between buildings, but the crisp clear days of fall are a good prize for those hearty souls who patiently endure the cold.
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Musical Musings: Opening Night
“The soundtrack to my life,” she says.
Such a common phrase to most of us, however, the select few that it rings true to– well, it becomes an unavoidable beast which we must feed. Often.
Yes, I am one of those.
I’ve always been a music junkie. Only the pre-walkman days (which coincided with my pre-teenage years) are [...]
