//RECENT

“Water, water, everywhere,
And all the boards did shrink;
Water, water, everywhere,
Nor any drop to drink.”

- The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Samuel Taylor Coleridge

An extended version of Bon Iver’s La Blogotheque Take Away Show of “For Emma, Forever Ago” with three versions of the song and some very startled tourists.  I think this is one of my favorite things in the whole world. Not just that the song is so beautiful, and is so beautifully sung, but that [...]

A man once said, “Childrens do learn.” and I believe childrens should learn to dream big dreams. Even better is to dream arty dreams like a hipster might draw. This hipster author’s name is Dallas Clayton. Although I do not know for sure that Dallas Clayton is a hipster, he looks like this: And, I [...]

It isn’t simply that you are loved gloriously, or loved beautifully. But rather that a pitch perfect expression of love for you sounds and sounds, Rises into the very air. Though the love itself may fade, I do not know, The poetry you inspire ascends, ascending Becomes stars and you, who are so loved, Look [...]

“However, this was one of those shows that blows you quite away and I felt privileged to have gotten to witness it.”

//FROM THE ARCHIVES

“As far as raving mad men in power go, I like Richard III or Coriolanus better than King Lear…”

Upon arriving at West LA’s ever-so-popular Grove mall for an innocent trip to their Apple Store, I was quickly confronted with the following evidence that civil society has taken yet another dark turn:Seriously, we’re usually the last one’s to talk about what’s appropriate in a “family” environment, but this ruffles even our flawed sense of [...]

Sure, we’re a week late to the punch on the demise of Jerry Falwell, but it still bares some mention, since there are few modern examples of a “holy man” preaching this much intolerance and hate. This column at the SFGate sums it up as well as any, as did this one at Slate, but [...]

I have a ticket to see Built to Spill perform Perfect From Now On in its entirety September 26th. I am so freaking excited! Not only because the music is so amazingly good, but because I’ve never seen them live before and have therefore never quite been able to reconcile the way Doug Martsch sounds with the way [...]

As part of a recent obsession I’ve developed with wanting to know when fruits and vegetables are “in-season” so I can be eating fresher produce, I’m apparently noticing more and more food news. So when I read that 92% of Americans support measures to label food products with their country of origin, I assumed this [...]