A lot of times when I run I listen to full albums. I try to choose albums I know well so I can sing along in my head and pay less attention…
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Ame Son – Catalyse
This is your Nurse With Wound List warning. Like Aquarius Records before me and their Mississippi Records alerts, a lot of my Treasures From The Collectors Slum blog entries require NWW alerts.…
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Sunday Mix Tape Number 232
Happy end of the week, kids! I want to finish this entry as quickly as possible so I can get a full night of sleep. Or…close to a full night of sleep.…
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The Top Ten Halloween Costume Ideas For 2011
It’s funny. Every October Swan Fungus web traffic explodes. I guess when you spend six years writing Friday Top Ten lists about Halloween costumes your Google Rank is positively affected. It’s a…
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Interview: Ben
Ben is my newest roommate. He moved in on October 1st, but I’ve known him much longer than that. Ben went to college with Nate and Louise and Mark and all those…
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Larry Conklin & Jochen Blum – Jackdaw
“As a fan of acoustic guitar & violin interaction, I find this obscure latter day singer-songwriter album appealing. It’s a pro-sounding affair with well-written songs, good male vocals and a uniform, reflective…
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The 5 Craziest Ways I Met Women
I was flipping through The Frisky today at work — you know, like it was a real live juicy gossip rag, only more-poorly written and filled with imbecilic content — and several…
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Sunday Mix Tape Number 231
Feeling slightly better this morning (my fever broke in the middle of the night, which is always a weird feeling — waking up in a pool of your own sweat but cooler…
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Nirvana – The Story Of Simon Simopath
“One of the most entertaining things to do on websites that allow customer reviews of CDs is read the apoplectic fury Kurt Cobain’s fans have for the original Nirvana, the cultily-adored British…
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Jellyfish – Spilt Milk
Of all the records in my collection, I am probably the most surprised by the value of this long out-of-print Jellyfish record on Charisma. As far as I can tell it came…