January 2010
17 posts
Things I'd Like to Remember About 2009
Mostly this year was filled with anxiety - personal, financial, occupational, familial. It kicked the ass of ‘most everyone I know. My parents continued their weird cycle of parallel physical deconstructions, with my mother’s always proving far more likely to end in her changing her life for the good and my father dwindling into greater need and dependence. It’s enough to break...
Concerts of the Decade
Inspired by Bronwyn, I’ve been thinking of the best live shows I’ve seen in the past decade, and I guess a Top 10 is the obvious thing to list.
So:
1. The Magnetic Fields, Henry Fonda Theater, 2008
2. Josh Ritter and The Frames, El Rey Theater, 2007
3. The Frames and Damien Rice, Wiltern Theater, 2006
4. The Pixies, Palladium, 2009
5. Nick Cave, The Hollywood Bowl, 2008 (?) or...
December 2009
6 posts
The Year In L.A. Music News
tumblangeles:
Everyone is doing their “Top 10 Lists” right now and I thought, why just repeat what your gonna read pretty much everywhere else? So I put together a mix of songs for you to download where each song represents a piece of 2009 local music news. Not everyone was included the way I would want to, but that would make a 3 hour mix that would take forever to download. Click the link...
