11/6/6
Empty Bottle in Chicago
Considering I have a tendency towards the melodramatic, it’s really no great shock that I like a band whose name is Devastations. Devastations includes three Australians, now living in Berlin, whose recently released album Coal is both dark and seductive in a way that does resemble fellow Australian Nick Cave at [...]
Pitchfork Music Festival
Day Two
7/30/6
Chicago, Illinois
I wasn’t able to catch all of The National’s set as I wanted to catch some of Brazil’s CSS in the Biz3 tent beginning shortly after The National went on. (Pitchfork could have made this a three day music festival easily as there were so many bands to hear and [...]
There’s a certain melody that even trains have along with a special rhythm all on their own. I found that the MTA, while it posessed a more timely and artistic quality that Chicago’s el, did not have the same pleasing aural quality of the TTC Now, I do a good imitation of subway [...]
Here are some of my favorite places in NYC:
We remembered Milon (top left) from five years back. It is the best Indian dive you’ve ever seen or eaten at. Although, I have heard that the one on the top right also gives out free sherbert at the end so maybe they are also just [...]
When most people go on vacation, they want to see the landmark touristy places. When I go on vacation, I look for records, go to shows and see art. Best of all I look at the people. Being a tourist has its advantages. It means that you can get the best [...]
The Cloisters are sort of this mecca for European religious art. From statues to large tapestries to ornate stained glass windows, The Cloisters showcase, among other things, Jesus, the saints, and the story of the unicorn being placed into captivity and persecuted (no, really. I’m not making this up.) Now, in some areas the [...]
I went to Coney Island with the Death Cab For Cutie song stuck in my head. In other words, I specifically visited at a time when it would be deserted and vacant like an amusement park desert. It was better this way: desolate inside.
Because, on the abandoned Cyclone, I could still hear the [...]