Okay, I know it’s already mid-March, so it may seem a little late to be posting the third and final instalment of my 2010 year-end best-of music list—more like the idleness of March than the ides of March. However, I have been a little preoccupied with other things, like trying to find a job. But since I’ve posted the first two parts already, I just [continue…]
Jeremy Messersmith, The Reluctant Graveyard The Reluctant Graveyard, self-released, is the third and final piece of Minneapolis native Jeremy Messersmith’s “life-cycle trilogy,” and, as you might ascertain from the title and from the fact that it’s the final part of a life-cycle theme, it’s about death. But don’t let that put you off. Death has never sounded so good. This is a solid album from [continue…]
This is astounding news! It’s been brought to my attention that the year 2010 has ended! And not only that, it seems that when such a thing happens, people tend to compile and share lists of their favourite things from that very same year that has just concluded—films, books, music, etc. Well, waddya know! Okay, so maybe I just haven’t gotten around to it till [continue…]
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“Well, excuuuuussse MEEE!” That was Steve Martin’s famous punchline from one of his great, wacky 1970s comedy routines. Of course, its less comedic version, a simple everyday “excuse me,” is also what people often say when they sneeze. Or burp. Or… well, you get the idea. Which sometimes prompted this witty rejoinder that I recall from my youth: “There’s no excuse for ya.” Oh, that [continue…]
December 8, 2010 It’s hard to imagine. It’s been 30 years since John Lennon was shot to death outside his apartment building in New York City—December 8th, 1980. For me and for many others around the world, that date will forever be a black day on our calendars. Each year on the anniversary of Lennon’s murder, I find myself revisiting the sadness of that event. [continue…]
Welcome to the first entry in my new blog! (This blog replaces an old blog I used to write years ago, which is now defunct.) As you can see, I haven’t yet decided on a name for my blog. I may just keep it as is, in all its generic simplicity, but more than likely I’ll try to come up with some sort of clever [continue…]
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