Archive for the 'France' Category

The Favorite Music of 2007

Friday, December 14th, 2007

Okay, end of the year time right? I only do top 8s, not 10s…sorry. Also, I’m probably forgetting some great ones that I’ll regret not mentioning. Oh well, here goes:
Favorite albums
1. Strawberry Jam - Animal Collective
A beautiful, weird, and challenging work. It connects to some primal musical language that has been lost in the haze […]

A Little More Day Music

Monday, November 26th, 2007

Some tracks I think are kind of interesting:

Above is Shelly Bhushan, a kind of sweet R&B singer who loves to belt it out. She contacted me personally while I was in Paris, and due to that, I will always associate her with that experience. I told her to send the disc, and when I got […]

Paris By Way of Music

Sunday, November 25th, 2007

In Paris, there is live music everywhere you go. You have a copious amount of street musicians, some who have no qualms about jumping on the metro with you and playing to the captive audience. Other times you have semi-professional people who play with a very polished sound, but more intriguingly you have a variety […]

Pride Before The Fall

Saturday, November 17th, 2007

Well, if you didn’t already know, I was in Paris, France, and had an amazing time. I’ve been meaning to get into writing about my travels and writing about some new experiences (musical or otherwise) that I’ve had. And I’ve been mentally preparing for a big megapost about what I think about things, especially now that […]

Missing in Action

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

This is my first blog post in a long time, and I feel as though some explanation is required.
As I’ve learned unemployment is a full-time job. The cliche is that finding a job is a full time job, but for me I’m having enough to do staying gainfully unemployed. There’s so much to do at […]