Archive for the 'music' Category

Leonard posted a mix using mixwit and finally got me to go and make an account. The ability to search for pre-uploaded music rather than uploading it yourself is really nice, but it looks like they don’t cache any of it, so I have no idea how long the mixes will hang around. If they [...]

Wow. I can’t get over how young he looks here.

Bonjour, Jonathan

Recorded originally for radio broadcast, these excellent quality mp3s of an entire Jonathan Richman show from 1984 in Lyon, France. Accompanied by his then-wife clapping and singing backup vocals, it’s a perfect representation of a Jonathan Richman performance.

120 Minutes

After seeing some great videos on Merlin’s Kung-Fu Grippe, I started plumbing Youtube more seriously for music videos. I remember doing this a couple of years ago, and thinking that a lot of stuff I wanted hadn’t been uploaded. A lot has changed.
I used these 120 minutes playlists as a starting point, and then used [...]

Henry Rollins College

In a discussion online about moving to Orlando, I had said that Em got a job at Rollins College. This set of replies ensued:
i didn’t know henry rollins had a college. i’d take a seminar on black flag.
one of the most popular courses is “standing on stage not moving in a crouch for two hours [...]

My stereo had long ago morphed into a home theater system, and for a while I’d been thinking about separating the two. My stereo had been built up piecemeal since I was in high school, it was a real deal-hound special (huge floor standing cerwin vegas I got a garage sale in a ritzy suburb [...]