(Check out the complete soul food mix series: Dinner, Dessert, Redux, Leftovers.) So, yesterday was the first day of summer. How did you celebrate? I spent the morning working in the garden. In the afternoon I went for a haircut and ended up getting nearly twelve inches cut off, the most drastic change to my [...]
Archive for the ‘Sounds’ category
Sorry, late entry
Nice idea: 10 inspired book-and-album pairings here. Some are pretty clever, but ten wasn’t enough. And I don’t really need all the extra text (except for those books I wasn’t familiar with). Anyway, the list made me think that y’all could think of even more satisfying pairings. Here are a few of my own offerings [...]
Guest playlist Tuesday — Mountain Station
Here’s a first (for me), a playlist of new music from my band. Mountain Station is me on Stroh fiddle and John on guitar, and the two of us singing. Hope you will want to sing along… Track listing “Highway 61 Revisited” by Bob Dylan “NJ Transit” by The Modesto Kid “Dancing Barefoot” by Patti [...]
The $pectacle
I’ve been honored and thrilled to be working on the latest installment of Learning Music Monthly with Music-god, John Wood. So, helmet yourself in pith and hire a reliable guide, lest you find yourself lost in the rhythmic jungle that is this latest installment. The record is Mr. Wood’s and my (not so) humble attempt [...]
Bonus playlist Wednesday: soul food (leftovers edition)
(Catch up on the Soul Food Mix series here.) Some things have to be enjoyed fresh. Others are even better the next day. These tunes have been kicking around the “soul food” folder since the beginning. It’s time to clean out the fridge. Find the whole meal here. 1. Chocolate Chip (ft. Chip Wickham)⎯The New [...]
I’m about to get my Old Spice on — 2010 Mix
Dear Reader-Listeners, As I sit here composing this post and listening to the mix of songs from 2010 I have made, I think of you as you may be as you listen to it wherever, whenever, however it may be you listen to it — blasting from your stereo as you make dinner with friends, [...]
On Vacation
To keep you busy until we’re back and I can make a 2010 mix, here’s a random mix. I hit the shuffle button, and these were (almost) the first 20 songs that came up. I skipped one 25-minute nearly silent electronic piece that would have put you to sleep, and one band came up twice [...]
Mixmas 2010 – the embarrassing version
If you’re keeping up here, you might be aware that there are two parts to this year’s Fawcett/Honeycups mixmas. Part one, released last week, was an expansive showcase of our unassailable impeccably exquisitely awesome taste. Part two is quite the opposite. Here we open up and let you see the underside. No pretense. No holding [...]
Thursday playlist: Just a matter of waiting it out
Can we all agree this isn’t the cheeriest time of the year? Okay, probably not; I know not everyone’s with me on this. But you know what I mean, right? The shorter days and longer nights are part of it, and the beginning of the really unpleasantly cold months, for those of us who live [...]
