Author Archives: olneyce

Where Have All the Rude Boys Gone? – Ted Leo and the PharmacistsRudie Can’t Fail – The Clash Let’s talk Republican presidential candidates today. In particular I want to focus on how the Conventional Wisdom might just be wrong. You … Continue reading →

David Martin claims to owe a debt to people like Billy Joel, Sting, Elton John, and Barry Manilow. He is also clearly in the market for the next big thing for the teen girls to swoon over this week (I … Continue reading →

I was initially a little underwhelmed at the new songs from Bright Eyes – they seemed a bit of a step back from the tour de force that was I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning. But then I realized that I … Continue reading →

I’m about a week behind posting this one, so if you read any other blogs you’ve probably already heard it. But it’s so good I couldn’t let it slip past without any comment. 23 – Blonde Redhead There’s a lot … Continue reading →

John Weinland is one of those super-intimate, singer-songwriter-with-a-country-tint sort of bands that can’t possibly be reviewed without at least a nod to Nick Drake. Now, I like my whispered music a little more weepy and a little less breathy, but … Continue reading →

The Klezmatics are the self-proclaimed “world-reknowned superstars of the klezmer world” which I think I can affirm, though I’m not exactly an expert on the ins and outs of the klezmer world. They’ve been around for a long time, but … Continue reading →

The Sound of Settling – Death Cab for CutieSettle Down Zelda – Mendoza Line By far the biggest drain on my time in the last couple weeks has been an almost obsessive playing of Settlers of Catan, a board game … Continue reading →

Yes, I know it’s a corporate invention designed primarily to make lonely people feel even worse about being lonely, but still…it’s a holiday to celebrate love, which is something I strongly approve of. And it’s worth being reappropriated, I think. … Continue reading →

It’s worth watching. For serious. One thing to realize – I was in Chicago when this was happening and pretty much froze my nose off being outside for a few minutes. Something like 15,000 people stood out in that cold … Continue reading →

Chicago – Sufjan Stevens Off to Chicago for the weekend. It’s the windy city, but I can’t imagine how it could be any windier or colder than Hanover this morning. I’m still not entirely sure my face has unfrozen from … Continue reading →