2007 is done, and I want to thank all of you who visited, read, downloaded and commented at mmm this year. Much appreciated.
Before I close the book on ‘07, I wanted to share with you two BBC radio sessions that kept me company off and on during the year. They are from two of [...]

Three days until Christmas. Hopefully that means you’re pretty much done with preparations, and now you are just waiting. I think I can help you with that. Say what you will about top album lists; I think top song lists are much more interesting, and much more heterogenous. I owe my impetus this year to [...]

Nice to hear from The Decemberists! This fall they cancelled both a European tour and a stateside tour, citing illness. And then they kind of went dark. Chris and Nate have popped up on the message board from time to time to make small announcements, but for the most part the D’s camp went silent. [...]

I hear tell that Dan Bern has a onscreen cameo in the upcoming Dewey Cox film. He’s the organ player in Dewey’s band during the song “Beautiful Ride.” Look for him!
Also, there’s some Oscar talk regarding the soundtrack (which is hi-lar-ious, given that my wife and I just watched “For Your Consideration” last night). There [...]

(as listened to and voted upon by me):
13. Apples In Stereo - New Magnetic Wonder
12. PJ Harvey - White Chalk
11. Casey Neill - Brooklyn Bridge
10. The Shins - Wincing The Night Away
09. Laura Veirs - Saltbreakers
08. Radiohead - In Rainbows
07. Rob Crow - Living Well
06. The New Pornographers - Challengers
05. Iron & Wine - The [...]

Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3, Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, OR, 01 Dec 2007 setlist: (solo acoustic) Ghost Ship / (enter Sean Nelson on harmonies) Alright Yeah / Swirling / No I Don’t Remember Guilford / (enter The Venus 3) Goodnight Oslo / What You Is Is What You Are / Flesh No. 1 (Beatle [...]

Have you heard the tale of Mike Doughty and The Question Jar?? Simply told, Mike blows into your town with his sidekick sideman Scrap Livingston. He sets a jar up at your favorite intimate venue (here it was Mississippi Studios - picture your living room), you show up and write all the questions you’ve been [...]