strictly roots.
Here’ s the obligatory post where I tell you about what I wrote for this week’s paper, and what fun things I’m doing this weekend. I also owe you a theater review, but that’ll come later.
TONIGHT is Erik Friedlander, with DBL D + Gribenas opening. My feature on Freidlander here.
TOMORROW NIGHT is BREAKfAST at Roboto [...]
Last night at the favored coffeeshop, I bore witness for the first time to Galaxie 500’s cover of Red Krayola’s “Victory Garden.” My pedigree does not include a Galaxie 500 expertise, though I like what I’ve heard; therefore, to paraphrase Lucy Van Pelt, it may be obvious to you that they covered this song, but [...]
Last night brought one of the best local news features I’ve seen in ages. Witness: Stuart Brown reports on the recovery of the Cowardly Lion’s head.
This report was golden. Stuart went all the way to McDonald to file the report, and the guy who found the statue head in the trash wouldn’t do an interview. [...]
I did very little this weekend, which was a pretty okay thing. I intended on getting some freelance work done but failed in that respect. I’ll get it done tonight. Likewise with some bill-paying. However, I did get to play with the parents’ new dog (I wish I had a digital camera with which to [...]
Usually the calls I get at work are from PR people or people who want to know how to list an event fairly benign. Sometimes, though, I get a doozy.
This woman called a couple of months ago to tell me that the man who was featured in Everyone’s a Critic that week (I have nothing [...]
A couple of music-related things:
Next week’s paper will have a couple of things I will have written. One will be on Erik Friedlander, an awesome cellist who plays at Frick Fine Arts on Friday, the 27th. The other will be on the Japanese skatepunk band BREAKfAST, who play at Roboto on the 28th. That show [...]
On Saturday, I went to the co-op on my bicycle, which is a good idea, especially when you’ve fixed your bicycle so it works right. I bought some groceries, including a bottle of kombucha — also not a bad idea.
Then I rode home in the sun on bumpy streets, some of which are brick-paved.
When I [...]
Hello blogaroo. Very busy week here at work and outside of work for that matter; saw Remora last night and I’d write volumes on Brian’s stage show and how fascinating it is to me but I don’t have time right now. Maybe later.
Tonight, FIYA and Allies and Smells Like Gina at MoFo; tomorrow night, might [...]
Living none too close to Paul’s at this point, and never knowing exactly when Jerry’s is open, I’ve found myself not buying any new music lately. Saturday I was in Bloomfield and fixed that (in fact, I attempted to go to Jerry’s as well, to make the circuit, but they were closed by the time [...]