Author Archives: olneyce

My current musical obsession is this song from Jenny Owen Youngs. Fuck Was I It’s been out for well over a year though I only encountered it recently. But good lord, how was this not constantly playing last spring and … Continue reading →

A couple short comments on a beautiful Saturday afternoon. One of the more interesting articles I’ve read in the past few months is Pearls Before Breakfast by Gene Weingarten from the Washington Post. It asks the question: is beauty still … Continue reading →

I posted about The Kissaway Trail, a Danish band with the silly name and a fantastic song, about a month and a half ago. Since then, someone from Bella Union was nice enough to get me a copy of their … Continue reading →

You may remember me talking about Beat Radio last fall. Well, they’re working on a new EP called Safe Inside the Sound, and they’ve got a track from it available for download: People are Talking It’s got everything that made … Continue reading →

Goodbye to You – Michelle Branch I know it sounds stupid, given all the real tragedy going on right now in the world, but for some reason the thing that managed to tear me apart tonight is an episode of … Continue reading →

My Descent Into Madness – Eels I feel like I ought to say something about what happened yesterday at Virginia Tech, but I’m mostly without words. Here are my scattered thoughts: * I don’t know if we’ll ever find out … Continue reading →

Hunter’s video blog – the first (and only) entry:I’m not sure Western Civilization has created anything better. Also, on the subject of things so ridiculous that I can’t help but love them, a song by a band called Aqueduct (with … Continue reading →

I’m down in Boston for the weekend to visit some friends and see a few shows. Last night it was Cloud Cult, creators of what is almost certainly my favorite album of the year so far: The Meaning of 8. … Continue reading →

Kurt Vonnegut died yesterday. So it goes. I would like to write something that could convey just how much his works have meant to me, but I feel completely inadequate to the task. Especially since anything I would attempt to … Continue reading →

I recently got one of the more bizarre promo e-mails I’ve ever seen. The whole thing was in mad-libs, for reasons completely unexplained. Fortunately, I managed to stem my befuddlement and listen to the songs because there’s nothing confusing about … Continue reading →