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In Soviet Russia, night watches you!

I haven’t posted about books in a long time (since Harry Potter 7, I believe). And I’m still working on an internet connection that makes uploading MP3s a bit dicey. So here’s a quick summation of what I’ve been reading. … Continue reading

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Top 30 albums of 2006

After weeks of agonizing (and despite a gnawing fear that tomorrow I will hear a record so good that I’ll feel intense guilt for leaving it off), here’s the list. I know 30 is sort of a weird number, but … Continue reading

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JS Bach – The Brandenburg Concertos

Douglas Adams might be my favorite writer, but he’s also been pretty important to me musically. It was he that turned me onto Dire Straits, and the way he talked about Bach in Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency convinced me … Continue reading

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Music and Fractal Landscapes

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

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Riding into the sun on a raft made for one

Continuing on the theme of female artists that I’m secretly in love with, today the focus is on Laura Veirs, a former geologist who now makes amazing music. I know the easy crutch in discussing an artist is the “reminds … Continue reading

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Top 20 Albums of 2005

I’ve been compiling my “favorite new music of 2005” list, and in doing so discovered just how many great music blogs there are out there. For some reason, this inspired me to want to add one of my own. I … Continue reading

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