The Hazards of Love
The Hazards of Love, the Decemberists’ new album, is worth an 8.5 or 9.0. Good album, not necessarily spectacular, but very solid. Much more concept-y than The Crane Wife or Picaresque, but not in a bad way. Buy buy buy!
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The Hazards of Love, the Decemberists’ new album, is worth an 8.5 or 9.0. Good album, not necessarily spectacular, but very solid. Much more concept-y than The Crane Wife or Picaresque, but not in a bad way. Buy buy buy!
Head on over to the Slog and listen to the song; there’s an embedded music player at the bottom of the blog entry. This thing is totally, awesomely terrible. If you can tolerate it for 30 seconds, listen to the portion from about 5:40 - 6:10. It’...
I’m just finishing up lunch, and was spending some time reflecting over the past couple weeks when I realized I never mentioned my day at Bumbershoot on Labor Day. I caught Death Cab for Cutie headlining that night, and was as thoroughly impressed...
I was introduced to a fantastic artist (tragically not in person) last night named Takashi Murakami. He’s credited with creating the superflat style, [Which] is characterized by flat planes of color and graphic images involving a character style d...
I seem to have an action-packed Fall lined up for concerts and shows. Over the next couple months I’m going to see: Arcade Fire with LCD Soundsystem - September 24 Interpol - October 18 Spamalot - sometime in October Decemberists - De...
Kanye on White People: “Actually, I do not think that (white people) are allowed to use slang until it is at least a year old. If you say a slang word too early, it’s like you’re trying to be black. So as long as the slang is a little played out, ...
More and more, music is becoming a central part of my life. I scoured a number of used CD stores in lower Queen Anne on Sunday for new stuff. I believe I purchased a total of 11 CDs in all: everything from Oasis, The Decemberists, Death Cab for Cu...