Category Archives: Music

Remember the volcanic ash cloud? The one that terrorized Europe last week? Well, it also affected me. And I wasn’t even anywhere near Europe. Frightened Rabbit was going to play a show at The Loft last Thursday, April 22nd. But because of that ash cloud, they couldn’t get to Dallas in time. This marked the [...]

Just in time for Christmas, here is my Christmas Playlist – Baby Jesus… Born to Rock Low – Just Like Christmas El Vez – Feliz Navi-nada Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci – Christmas Eve Saint Etienne – My Christmas Prayer Snow Patrol – When I Get Home For Christmas Sufjan Stevens – Get Behind Me, Santa! Manic [...]

because other Top 10’s are 2 worse. Here is my Top 12 of 2009. Something to consider – it’s not ranked. It’s just a collection of 12 songs from 2009 that I think are excellent. But if you forced me to pick a #1, it’d be jj – From Africa to Málaga. Bat for Lashes [...]

I’ve been meaning to write this for a while, but never got around to it. So since it’s the end of the month, let’s turn this in at the last minute. Quick summary – ACL 2009 was good. How would I compare it to 2007? Bands-wise – not so good. Weather-wise – much better. I’ll [...]

This Friday night I will have to make a tough decision. Do I see the Yeah Yeah Yeahs or Kings of Leon? I think Kings of Leon would be a better festival band. But, I do like the Yeah Yeah Yeahs more. Loads more. And I have a feeling that they will put on a [...]

You know what’s great about having a much younger brother? They ask you questions like this. But seriously, I envy Kian. He’s going to listen to Ok Computer for the first time. His life will change forever. Ok Computer for me really signified the break between 106.1 KISS FM Raishad and 88.7 KTCU Raishad. I [...]

The next playlist challenge idea was something I stole from The Word Magazine Podcast. I forget the exact situation/podcast, but the idea was to pick a song that you would use to introduce a band to someone who has never heard of that band. The idea being, if they like that song, then they will [...]

Remember Spring Break? For Spring Break I flew to Washington, D.C and drove to Boston. Driving music was required. So I made a playlist. The only requirement was that I fill an 80 minute cd. With rental cars, you never know if you’re getting one with an AUX input. So here it is. The Proclaimers [...]

The next challenge – the official Jack Donaghy Psyche Yourself Up Mix. This was a difficult one to compile. I had no clue what I wanted. Originally I was just putting together songs that were fast and loud. But late last week, I think it sort of clicked. I can be proud of this one [...]