Philip Fibiger

Now that I’ve admitted that I’m all jaded when it comes to music, Andy pointed me to a thread where a group of people on CMJ.com collected a list of the top 1000 indie rock songs of all time. Page 31 is where it all ends, someone took all the posts and compiled a [...]

I think I’m becoming increasing discontented with music. Sure, there are some pretty good new bands out there (The Shins and Jack Johnson) and there are plenty of older bands I like putting out good, sometimes even great albums (Tanya Donelly’s new disc is good, and I’m into Bob Mould’s new record). But thinking [...]

I just accepted a new job. I’m going to be working with my friend Andy at Dimensional Fund Advisors, an asset management company in Santa Monica, as a software developer. They do pretty cool work based on research done at the University of Chicago. I’m definitely excited about going to work there, and hopefully i’ll [...]

I woke up this morning at 5:45 and by 6:30 I was out riding with my cousin Randy. We rode the 10 down to the Pacific Coast Highway, and then took the PCH up into Malibu. We ended up riding about 140 miles today, all through those twisty canyon roads. We stopped in at [...]

I finally got to pick up my bike last night..It needed a bunch of little work done to it in addition to the valve adjustment and tuneup. The difference in the way the motor runs is pretty amazing. It’s much smoother and it’s got a lot more power. I planned to take a ride up [...]

Emily and I went to see Erykah Badu the other night at the House of Blues. The show was expensive and sold out, but my cousin Randy hooked us up and put us on the guest list. The concert was a lot of fun, but damn was it long. We left around 1:30, after about [...]