A Family Exploring the World of Fandom Together
Part 2 of my 2014 Year in Review. May The second weekend of Jazz Fest we saw Bruce Springsteen on the main stage. It was jam packed and hard to hear him and it made us realize that we should never main stage Jazz Fest again. Not worth it.
2014 was a great year, one filled with fun memories and many great opportunities. Now that grad school is over, I can finally start blogging again, so to start, let’s wrap up last year. January We started the year going to Space City Con in Galveston, Texas. We’ve never been…
St. Vincent: St. Vincent St. Vincent’s guitar playing sounds both well thought out and completely improvised at the same time. For me, it’s the highlight of this year’s release. It reminds me of Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd’s work on Marquee Moon. “Rattlesnake,” “Birth in Reverse,” and “Digital Witness” are…
I realize that for this section I might need to make a few purchases. (Note: I picked up number 7 after I wrote this). 10: Spoon: They Want My Soul I’m not the first to say this (it seems a running theme in all their reviews and listings in the…
Thou: Heathen I might be a homer for this pick, but I really like this album from the Baton Rouge doom metal band. The music is heavy and unrelenting and the lyrics are intelligent without going over into pretentiousness. The lead signer’s voice takes a little getting used to but…
Even though I’m a teacher, part of my job requires me to analyze school data. Being a History/English guy, music allows me to deal with numbers. Thanks to Spotify (will talk about my feelings — good and bad — about Spotify in another blog), I listened to plenty of albums. This…
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