My introduction to Ganger came via Ian, who told me I needed — NEEDED — to hear this record called Hammock Style. I called that album “one of the most overlooked Post-Rock…
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Sunday Mix Tape Number 250
And then, one Saturday night, our hero decided that he’d had enough partying and he went to bed for 12+ hours. So bad-ass! I feel a bit refreshed. It’s been a long…
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Ten Los Angeles Bars That Have Gone Downhill
Hey, thanks to Dangerous Minds for sharing a link to my Krautrocksampler post from 2006. It’s paid dividends in the form of new readers, Facebook “fans” and Twitter “followers”. Plus a few…
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Leap Days, Vegas Nights
Well, night one in Las Vegas met our expectations. It ended with Tom scooping me up off the bathroom floor in a Canadian cheerleader’s hotel room and walking me back to my…
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Various Artists – Drink Beer! Yell! Dance!
In honor of my going to Vegas for the next few days, I figured I’d share a fun little compilation whose title mimics how I’ll be spending the next 72 hours or…
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Sunday Mix Tape Number 249
Tonight being a celebration of all things Hollywood, I thought I’d point you to this amazing Flickr album I discovered yesterday via Facebook. It might not be that interesting to you if…
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The Top Ten Douchiest Bars In Los Angeles
Well, Complex, with your list of the 25 douchiest bars in LA this week you managed to create quite the stir among the drinking crowd in our fair city. Although I didn’t…
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Adam Forkner – [[[VVRSSNN]]]
Often referred to simply as [[[VVRSSNN]]] (pronounced “Version”), sometimes referred to as Future Fusion Vision Wave, typically credited to Adam Forkner, this album was released by K. Records in 2003 in a limited…
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Sunday Mix Tape Number 248
It’s been an adventurous weekend. Two birthday parties on back-to-back nights (I remained sober! Give me my 48-hour chip!). Pretty much everyone I know was drunk from 5pm on Friday until, well,…
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Rest In Peace, Kid
I have spoken at great length during these past six years about my trials and tribulations as a New York Mets fan. It’s not easy to root for a baseball team that…