Ireland’s greatest cultural contribution has been its music. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that races of people who suffered loss of control over their native soil, imperialism, racism, and hostile treatment in foreign lands end up producing the world’s most beautiful music. Jews, African Americans, and the Irish always spring to mind as people [...]
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The Poet Laureate of the Internet
If you still haven’t picked up D.J. Earworm’s “Blame it on the Pop” and given it a listen, make a new year’s resolution to do so right now.
There’s a lot of people out there doing mashups, but very few are able to effect the kind of poetry that DJ Earworm does. If you take a [...]
Today’s Playlist
I Miss You – Incubus
Wait – The Beatles
Temporary One – Fleetwood Mac
Be Still My Heart – The Postal Service
I Believe In A Thing Called Love – The Darkness
Simonize – Pete Yorn
Whole Lotta Love – Led Zeppelin
I Belong To You [+Mon Coeur S'Ouvre A Ta Voix] – Muse
The Geeks Get the Girls – American Hi-Fi
In the [...]
Muse: The Resistance
It is here . . . it is here. Praise be to the Muse.
Part of what makes this band rock so hard is their unabashedly hybrid style. They draw from every corner of the music world and mix it all together with the sort of annoyingly casual ease that virtuoso musicians seem to be capable [...]
Hooray for the Hollywood Bowl
What a perfect night. Perfect weather. Cruising around L.A. loving the palm trees. The ribbon of asphalt under my tires. And a show at at the Hollywood Bowl, where you can look to the right and see the Griffith Observatory, look up to see the Hollywood sign, and look downward to see a gorgeous orchestra [...]
