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Everyist Blogcast: Hardcore & Heartbreak (with special guest Aly Wright Fields) 20 Aug 2013 | 03:52 pm
As fun as it is to sit by myself in a dark, musty room, wallowing in my own crapulence and ranting about music like an embittered melomane approaching senility, sometimes it’s refreshing to actually c...
Perfect Music Moments in Film: Me and You and Everyone We Know 14 Aug 2013 | 10:37 am
Miranda July’s “Me And You And Everyone We Know” is a film that’s fraught with problems: meandering subplots that splinter off without resolution, tragically underdeveloped characters, dialogue that o...
Everyist Blogcast: Of Sleep Paralysis, Ghoulish Goats & Billy Corgan (Also, Music!) 2 Aug 2013 | 01:44 pm
This is a picture of two friendly goats I found on the Internet. Aren’t they cute? Don’t you want to reach out and pet them? They’re there to remind me that the poor creatures aren’t inherently scary ...
Hoard Onboarding: An Inventory of Recent Purchases & Discoveries 31 Jul 2013 | 11:19 am
Too often this blog focuses on old favorites and standards, songs and artists that have stood the test of time, been with me through thick and thin, shaped how I understand music and human relationshi...
Jazz Music as an Antidepressant: Brad Mehldau Trio Live 18 Jul 2013 | 04:00 pm
I was left reeling for days after attending the Brad Mehldau Trio show at the Teatro Gran Rex in Buenos Aires. It was the kind of experience that leaves you with a new understanding of music– not just...
Pearl Jam’s “Mind Your Manners”: Of Expectations and Excuses 15 Jul 2013 | 02:02 pm
The first single for the upcoming Pearl Jam album was released last week. It’s a balls-to-the-wall punk rock number hilariously titled “Mind Your Manners”. I’ve been thinking about this song a lot– no...
“These Go Up to Eleven”: A Fuzzy, Turbo-Charged Playlist of Tuneful Noise 3 Jul 2013 | 05:09 am
About four years ago, I attended a really bizarre music festival, headlines by REM and The Offspring, but also playing bands like The Mars Volta, Kaiser Chiefs, Spiritualized, The Jesus and Mary Chain...
God, Goths & Goku: An Adventure in Theology (Or: Everybody’s Such a Jerk) 24 Jun 2013 | 10:38 am
A few days ago I purchased a beautiful album by Charlie Haden and Hank Jones titled “Come Sunday“. It’s a lovely, laid-back collection of religious hymnals expertly played on the piano and contrabass....
Everyist Top 10 Albums Of The 2000s: #5. The Weakerthans- “Left and Leaving” 6 Jun 2013 | 08:55 pm
Trying to come up with any kind of “definitive” list of 10 greatest albums from a decade as rich and diverse as the aughts– or, really, any decade at all– is an exercise in futility. I’ve seen people ...
Music & Weather: Songs for the Mooring Buoy 31 May 2013 | 11:37 am
Buenos Aires is slowly but surely approaching winter weather, which means it’s about time that I fall in love with the city once again. As much as I am, at all times, aware of the many charms it posse...
