I kind of let this anniversary slip by, didn't I? I should have planned ahead , I guess, but we all know how bad I am at that! Anyway, I suppose I'd regret it if I didn't mark my five-year milestone in some fashion, so here you g... more info

Better late than never, right? 2010 was a good yet weird year for music. I loved a lot of stuff but there wasn't any one album that stood head and shoulders above the rest. There are a number that vie for most-listened-to-in-their-en... more info

I need to say good-bye to someone. I need to acknowledge that she's going to get sicker and she won't be with us much longer, only I have no idea what to say to her. Not only can I not find the right words, I'm having troubling fi... more info

The strangest thing happened, a confluence of memories and events that doesn't happen very often. It's kind of hard to explain, but I'm going to try. I recently re-read Watership Down , which if you haven't read, you oug... more info

I am so sorry. I have been seriously delinquent in posting here at the blog. I wouldn't blame you if you thought I'd packed it in. I suppose I should put up some Christmas music to make up for it, shouldn't I? 'Tis the se... more info

I'm not much good at planning ahead, at least when it comes to the holidays and everything that needs to be done to get ready for them. I usually find myself waiting until the last possible minute to cook and shop and wrap and whatever el... more info

I've been in a mellow mood lately, posting all sorts of quiet, contemplative, acoustic-guitar type music. Let's break that trend, shall we? Here are two bands, one from California and the other from Mississippi, that dropped into my i... more info

I bet there's a great story behind the name of U.K. band Yuck , but I don't know what it is. All I know is their music is anything but yucky. Pure fuzz at times, slightly melancholic chords even when they're upbeat, and his and h... more info

This is my new favorite saying: 'Tis better to be right half the time than half right all the time. All told, I'd say I hit it about 50% of the time, meaning half the time I'm spot on and clicking on all cylinders and the othe... more info

I have a rule that if I post about music I get directly from a blog pal, I like to either wait about a month or so before I write about it or play a different song. And so ever since I heard this over at It All Started With Carbon Monoxide ,... more info