Diary of Musical Thoughts

I found myself thinking about Bardo Pond a lot during this gig, even though BP don't sound much like either band (explanation: I like wa...

As you might have expected from my post last week, I have moved ahead with due process and there are currently about 1 GB of Gainsbourg mp3...

About a year ago , I sheepishly wrote that I had never heard The Cure's "Disintegration", despite having had every oppurtunity...

I've been aware of this album for years, but heard it for the first time this past weekend. This album is usually mentioned for the five...

Following up from this post , as the leaked album turned out to be the genuine item which has led to a preposterous form of apologism such a...

This biography by Sylvie Simmons (one of the only Gainsbourg biographies written in English) was my airplane/hotel room reading for the past...

A Northern Chorus sounded exactly like I imagined they would. The sighing harmonies and latter day Slowdive haze from their albums were meti...

This should be obvious to everyone who's been following the show -- unlike the other seasons, the guys are completely outclassing the...

At the end of my week of 24/7 music listening last May, I stated that it was a positive experience, only minimally trying or disruptive, an...

aka "Rock and Roll isn't Dead in Toronto" :) I last saw Lullabye Arkestra about two years ago, and since then they've cut ...