3 Stations East

Sort Of

2007-07-12T13:55:00Z

Yesterday I was looking at my iPod's artist listing - my preferred way to get to music - and realized something: A.C. Newman was the first artist. This couldn't be, I thought, because forever and ever 10,000 Maniacs have been the first artist. I...

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Various & Sundry

2007-06-14T05:23:07Z

Last night I made the trek to Petaluma's Mystic Theatre to witness Various & Sundry, a west coast tour featuring a number of my favorite artists, and one I didn't know. The lineup: Glen Phillips, once of Toad the Wet Sprocket and master of s...

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A Grower: "My Rights Versus Yours" by The New Pornographers

2007-06-07T04:29:38Z

Have a listen. This is, as Matador puts it, a "slow burner". It's the first New Pornographers song I've heard in a while that took a lot of time to grow on me. Most of their stuff is heavy on riffs and hooks, and is easy to get into. This still h...

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Song of the Moment: "9 Hours to Go" by Po'Girl

2007-06-07T04:19:20Z

The song in heaviest rotation this week is, as the title says, "9 Hours to Go" by Po'Girl. Po'Girl is a group out of East Vancouver, and their latest disc is Home to You. I'm pretty sure it's going on my "discs to buy" list. This particular tune ...

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MacBook, Loud Shirts and Coffee, and 1995 Deja Vu

2007-05-02T17:09:21Z

I. The MacBook is back and better than ever. The Apple Store replaced my finicky SuperDrive and had it back to me in a day (well, technically less.) There's definitely a Ping coming about the lousy, stupid reservation system for the Genius Bar th...

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Still the One

2007-03-29T02:21:18Z

The New Pornographers remain my Favorite Band of the moment, and here is one of the 30+ reasons why.

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New Favorite

2007-01-17T18:56:28Z

I think it's pretty safe to say that the New Pornographers are now my favorite band.

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The Killers

2006-10-16T17:43:10Z

Mr. Gruber linked to this season's iPod killers. Or, lack thereof. I don't think the iPod is unstoppable or will be the dominant player forever. I do, however, agree with Gruber that this batch is pretty much a lost cause. I'll give you two big r...

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Pandora, WTF?

2006-10-12T14:51:40Z

Why is Pandora thinking I would like Paris Hilton? Did someone swap my profile with Anil Dash's? (No offense, good sir.)

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Booker T.

2006-09-19T14:41:13Z

Something that has become obvious to me in the past few months is that I am a huge fan of Booker T. & The M.G.s. It all started simply enough: I had a song in my head forever, known from my childhood. Did some research on it on iTunes earlier thi...

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