Thursday, March 08, 2012

Soundclouding -- I Am Hooked

Lykke Li: Sadness Is A Blessing (Gold Panda Remix)

Just playing with Soundcloud -- whole new ways to explore and share. Join, follow and share (with me).

Friday, January 27, 2012

The Dø

Loved this show last night - The Dø!



Playing again at The Garage on 11 April, but I am not here.

Sunday, January 08, 2012

Ciao, 2011!

Slightly delayed, but here's the fifth annual year in pictures. Many thanks to Elizabeth for several of the photos this year.

Theo at Seatown, Dorset


A (L.A.) Christmas Story


When asked "What would Lady Gaga Where"... obviously, matzah bread.


The Real Royal Wedding of 2011 was in Vermont!


Little fish. big fish. Swimming in the water.


Aktaş Beach


"Simmering, brooding!" -- The Guardian


Maremma Harvest Festival - 2011.


Happy Natty at The Wolseley!


Untitled


We, Polly, do solemnly, and sincerely affirm that, on becoming British citizens, we will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second, Her Heirs and Successors, according to law.


Mother-in-laws and martinis...these are a few of my favourite things.


Migrant labour saved the olive crop yet again.


Oh, the sweet couple. So petite bourgeoisie. (Photo by Beth!)


Hi Brooke, I am Nicolo.


The Eve of Christmas Eve on Escondido Beach.


My wife, mother-in-law and friends give extraordinary 40th birthday. (Photos by Beth!)


...t.A.T.u., B.H.O. and a Gaddafi impersonator came to my party to help break the piñata. (Photo by Beth)


I asked them to make the "you can have your ice cream without having to finish dinner"-face.


Bere and Nicolo share their personal and heart felt stories of teething with me.


Tea tastes better in Aral, Kyrgyzstan.


30 and still dirty. (Photo by Beth!)


Rocks stars in Joshua Tree.


Anyone seen James?


Vermonting in January...


I found nothing funny in Istanbul. Nothing at all.


Some of the brightest minds I know studied in a quaint village in England called Cambridge. So lovely!


And, the photo of the year for 2011...

Welcome to the community, dear Nicolo! (Photo by Beth!) While not aware at the time of costume selection (Gold shorts by American Apparel -- £24.99), I was clearly deeply moved by one scene in The Big Lebowski.

Sunday, November 27, 2011

ASC's "These Go To 11: Songs Best Heard Extra-Loud"

What a great idea for a radio show -- ASC did a show of 11 songs that deserve to be turned up extra loud.

I notice that there is no good dance songs, though one can open up whole new genres of songs to turn loud when you consider that Kelly Clarkson (also love this review!) counts with Led Zeppelin.

I recreated what I could and added my own to a Spotify playlist. Any other thoughts?

I think this would be the all time winner! I bet that surprised you.

Friday, October 14, 2011

Postcards From A (Mini) Re-Woo-nion, 2011

Samuel leads Byron, Brett and James in the semi-daily flag ceremony.


Pete and Regina up the Chesapeake without one of their paddles.


Ian and Penelope not-so-subtly cheating at foosball by holding their opponent's players while Mayme attacks.


Mayme provides non-verbal feedback when presented with the option to eat a well-seasoned Maryland crustacean.


Unlike the crab previously pictured, no fish were harmed for this photo.


Taraksh ponders just for a moment what it would have been like to live in 7H Hibben and decides it is better to go home.


Molly ignores the call for "Killoff Family Portrait" and jumps into Emily's spot.


Ah, that's more like it!


James gave me a piñata for my birthday and proceeded to show me how it worked.


Mayme shows everyone how to do it for real while Penelope, in flagrant disregard for the rules, gets too close. Ethan bites his nails in anticipation for what comes next.


Someone put ladies underwear in the piñata. Regina gloats while Jen asks herself why she was so slow to snatch them.


Anna and Todd thank Emily for the short presentation she gave on airborne particulate matter.


Jen and Paul enter corn coma, avoiding Emily's presentation.


Brett enjoys quiet breakfast while Amon sings the children to sleep.


At any one time, the most we could pull together for a "group" shot.

We missed all who couldn't join.

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Spotify Comes to USA!

Spotify arrived in America! I might be able to move back now.
“We’ve made it easier to listen, and we’ve made it easier for people to share,” Mr. Ek said. “Hence, people tend to get more into the experience, and they tend to find new music and build larger collections that they want to take with them. And therefore, they also pay more for music.”

If Apple’s iTunes ushered in digital music’s first phase as a large-scale business, then Spotify and other services like it could be its future. Rather than selling individual tracks to be downloaded, subscription services sell monthly access to vast catalogs of music, with whatever songs a listener wants to hear streamed directly to his computer or mobile phone.

Monday, July 04, 2011

Saturday, July 02, 2011

Can Björk Make Me Get An iPad?

...from their beginnings, the songs on “Biophilia” had a grand ambition: to unify music, nature (as described by science) and technology.

New Björk!!!

“Biophilia” is a possible paradigm for the 21st-century album, one that welcomes the interactivity of the Internet and harnesses the power and flexibility of devices that incorporate video, audio and user control far beyond the play button.

Just downloaded Crystalline.

How's this for a review?

We are finding it difficult to pinpoint the most mind-blowing part about her new single "Crystalline," and the upcoming new album Biophilia that it comes from. Is it that headspinning, left-field breakbeat ending that drops in unexpectedly? Is it the fact that Biophilia doubles as a "suite" of iPad apps featuring interactive features for each song? (Each song has a "game" that the iPad users can use to actually manipulate the song in progress). Is it the fact that there will be an accompanying traveling exhibition showcasing unique instruments? The correct answer to the question, it turns out, is "yes." Everything about Bjork's upcoming project presages the kind of great-leap-forward thinking that leaves everyone else in the dust; "Crystalline" is merely the first taste.

Friday, July 01, 2011

I Am My Hair

Going


Going


Gone