happened as I stumbled onto Mates Of State’s blogcument about simulataneous pregnancy and album-making, just as Peter Mulvey’s kicks-my-acoustic-loving-ass “Notes From Elsewhere” album came up on the iPod.

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 [...]

(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 [...]

School starts in a few days, and that marks an end of summery things. Fall is coming and with it typically comes an avalanche of new releases. So before we get hit with the deluge, I’m gonna take a few minutes here and talk about six favorite albums that came out in the first two-thirds [...]