Ryan Adams - Hey Parker, It’s Christmas
Ice breaks on the concrete in the city street
Dirty Projectors - Stillness is the Move (Live @ Jensen Rec Center Halloween)
Although the sound isn’t perfect, compared to what I heard live, around the 3:30 mark, you can get a pretty good idea that Amber has some crazy pipes. Also, Dave’s guitar playing is beyond awesome throughout.
The Dirty Projectors’ Halloween show was all kinds of awesome. Dave’s over-sized cowboy hat was pretty cool too.
Ryan Adams - Jimmy Whistlenut
DR Adams leaves the best Halloween treats in the Inbox.
You’re in a time machine, and you’re trippin’ on ‘Tussin and Crack
Here’s to Jimmy Whistelnut, break dancin’ and jumpin’ jacks
Red Sox Opening Day line-up 1991. This is still the only Opening Day line-up I can name top to bottom, complete with player numbers.
Ellis Burks’ awesome article in The Globe this morning reminded of this fact.
It’s mid-October, the baseball season is almost over, I think it’s a fairly safe time to call “Favorite Song of 2k9”
Japandroids - Young Hearts Spark Fire
While everything on the album puts The White Stripes two-person rock band mystique to shame, this song just really fits everything that is awesome about rock n roll. It is both of the times, with chaos and rock, and of a far off dream land, with it’s lyrics of “sunshine girls”, just like with healthcare, Canadians know best.
The XX - VCR
The Kids are Still Alright overseas.