Posted in music, tagged dolorean on March 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Once I was a college freshman with something of a crush on a girl who loved Pedro the Lion. I didn’t know who this band was, since I had been listening to 92.3 KGON’s Classic Rock pretty much exclusively for the past five years, and quit buying secular CD’s because I was that sort [...]
Posted in music on October 12, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Just wanted to turn your attention to a fun new series that Nancy Wilson is doing on NPR called Jazz Profiles. They are basically radio versions of the sort of thing Ken Burns did in the Jazz documentaries: tell an artist’s story and play a ton of their best music. Most recently she [...]
Posted in music on September 26, 2007 | 2 Comments »
So last night I’m working on translating the Letter of Aristeas when I decide I want to listen to some Devo. Now, I take a lot of crap for my taste in movies, and I’ll admit that I deserve almost all of it. I simply do not have a palate for cinema. [...]
Posted in music on July 25, 2007 | 4 Comments »
That’s a question I always come away from the Arcade Fire with. It’s a poignant one for me, since more than any other contemporary source, they give outrageously clear evidence that we need. And they are pretty great at describing what it feels like to know something is wrong in your world. [...]
Posted in music on July 6, 2007 | 6 Comments »
As many of you know, I recently moved away from Portland but last night, I got to go back just for a little while. Things have been difficult lately but last night, I drove up to the beautiful city of San Francisco and saw a wonderful band from PDX called Talkdemonic.
At a little bar [...]
Posted in music on July 6, 2007 | 9 Comments »
The Edgefield, likely the coolest outpost in the McMenamins empire, has been having some pretty sweet bands come through to play concerts on their golf course. For instance, Wilco is coming on August 22. This is great, except that they charge you up the shorts, if you know what I mean. Like [...]
Posted in Church, Hermeneutics, music on June 12, 2007 | 4 Comments »
This is Ryan, signing in from extremely cold room in which I spent all of the last week and will spend the duration of this one. It’s summer school and while I love the condensed look at the Scriptures (as I am currently taking Hebrews - Revelation), it causes me physical pain to sit in [...]
Posted in music on June 4, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Review of Icky Thump by the White Stripes / Ryan Smith
Let the record state that I understand why the collective body of alternative rock fans like the White Stripes. They write simple, catchy songs that do not require a great deal of concentration to enjoy. From their first hit (‘Fell in Love With a Girl’) [...]
Posted in music on May 18, 2007 | 5 Comments »
I’m putting my foot down on the ‘meme’ thing. How far must our individualism carry us as we navigate our way blindly through this life like a man in his briefs fumbling around the kitchen for a midnight snack?
At any rate, I would like to take some time out of my relatively un-busy day [...]
Posted in music on May 16, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Here is where you can listen to the Aviation Museum record, And Ampersand by me, Ryan, from Loretta’s Basement.
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