Author Archives: olneyce

Blood – The Middle East In a continuing effort to balance blogging demands with actual life, I’m just going to piggy-back on a great song I ‘discovered’ today thanks to Music for Kids Who Can’t Read Good.  The band is … Continue reading →

The Sight of Love – The Camerawalls (featuring Sarah Gaugler) Continuing the theme of songs that sound like they come out of the Sarah Records catalog, here’s one from The Camerawalls.  They’re from the Philippines of all places but listening … Continue reading →

I feel like I never have time for anything anymore, which is really frustrating.  But in the interest of denying rumors that the blog has officially died, here’s a song to tide you over while I grade approximately 5o million … Continue reading →

For Things that Haven’t Come Yet – Nana grizol I won’t even pretend to have a grasp on the intricacies of the British electoral system.  I get the broad contours of it but when people start talking about how to … Continue reading →

The idea that over half of people polled approve of the new Arizona immigration law is…disturbing?  Sad?  Terrifying?  I don’t know. Maybe all of the above. I don’t really have much to say other than that.  What a country… I … Continue reading →

So I’m a lot less invested in this financial reform business than I was with health care reform.  Part of it is simply that I don’t really understand what is going on.  My grasp on economics is rough at best, … Continue reading →

Impression – Young Adults A beautifully prepared slice of post-punk noise, guitars that dance on the end of hooks like they’re being battered, snarly vocals, and all of this drenched in a sort of washed-out almost shoegazy blend of reverb … Continue reading →

Someday Maybe – City Light It’s a pretty easy path to my heart if you’ve got band members from both Seattle (my home-ish town) and the Bay Area (where I’m living these days).  It also helps if you can write … Continue reading →

Armour – Uber Glitterati You miss the 80s?  So do Uber Glitterati.  But unlike you, where nostalgia only generates an impulse to watch re-runs of Alf, they’re actually doing something productive. “Armour” would sound perfectly at home on an OMD … Continue reading →

Will My Feet Still Carry Me Home – Elf Power Check out the new digs.  I finally bit the bullet and made the switch over to Word Press.  The always looming threat of getting my service yanked by Blogger was … Continue reading →