Author Archives: olneyce

Catharsis-time. I’ll begin with a song that’s older than I am, but which sounds more vital now than it ever has. It’s also my all-time favorite song, and one that I’ve been avoiding for the last week because I was … Continue reading →

Thanks for the kind words people have sent about my break-up. Somehow it really helps to be consoled by relative strangers. I don’t really want to turn this blog into a glorified livejournal, so I’ll try not to get too … Continue reading →

Posting may be a little sparse here for a little while. My girlfriend of three years just broke up with me and I can’t say that I’m really in the mood to do much of anything, much less post about … Continue reading →

Last month, I wrote about the haunting September When It Comes by Rosanne Cash. On that song, a duet with her father (the late, great Johnny Cash) from right before he died, she sang about the anticipation of loss. The … Continue reading →

Edible – Gran Bel Fisher Here’s a track off Full Moon Cigarette, the debut CD from Gran Bel Fisher, released last week. It’s an intriguing song. In some ways, it doesn’t sound all that much different from your traditional 70s-rock-influenced … Continue reading →

iTunes problems unresolved, but I will continue nonetheless… I’ve been thinking for a while about what I could do to commemorate finally reaching the century mark. Some of my initial ideas involved an African safari, NASA, and the 107th division … Continue reading →

My computer locked up this evening and when I restarted it and opened iTunes, it said my music library was damaged. So now, all of my playlists, all of my play-counts, all my information about when I actually downloaded the … Continue reading →

It’s My Way of Staying Connected – She, Sir It’s not too often that I’ll hear to something and instantly love it–usually it takes a few listens before I really get into a song–but this song by the Austin-based She, … Continue reading →

James Dean Bradfield is the lead guitarist and vocalist for what is almost certainly my favorite Welsh band: The Manic Street Preachers. He’s also the producer of the best song of the millennium: Johnny Boy’s You Are the Generation That … Continue reading →