Archive for February, 2008
Chris Walla - Field Manual
The name is not familiar to everyone outside of the music business, but the voice is distinct and instantly recognizable. Best known as the guitarist for Death Cab for Cutie, Walla released his first “official” solo works on the CD “Field Manual” on January 29. As busy as he keeps himself, it’s a real treat [...]
Site Changes
A few changes to the site to note - all cosmetic. The template has been changed to a 900 wide format. Basically, this means if you are viewing the site with your display settings at 800×600, you’ll see scroll bars. Sorry about that - but the number of folks viewing it at that size is [...]
Supergrass Diamond Hoo Ha
A new release by the British band Supergrass is not unlike bumping into an old best friend from high school after several years. It’s hard to believe that 13 years after their debut release (“I Should Coco-1995″) that “Diamond Hoo Ha” - their newest release, is only their 6th studio recording - and one of [...]
Vampire Weekend
There were so many great releases these past few weeks, that I had a hard time deciding which to review next, but all that was put aside on my second listen through the self titled debut of Vampire Weekend. I was already hopelessly addicted to the track “Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa” - which is just [...]
Best Actress - Marion Cotillard
This years Academy Awards was not without a few surprises. There were no wins for the twice-nominated never-ending talented Cate Blanchette. Losing out to Tilda Swinton in the best supporting role category for her role in Michael Clayton - the biggest surprise of the evening was Marion Cotillard’s Oscar win for the performance by an [...]
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