I can't believe it took me this long to realize Randy Newman is the best songwriter ever.
I'm going to go learn every Randy Newman song now.

I am dreaming of my future sailboat ( Read more... )

I had a surprisingly amazing july 4th. bernal hill in massive dreamy clouds of fog, lighting up from independent fireworks in every direction. good people and irish coffee.
today i am battling craigslist. shit happens.

In case I get cynical about certain kinds of music again, I should remember to listen to that Lutoslawski quartet ( Read more... )

Today is a pretty good music day, and I think I came upon something musically last night, too, even though I was blocked most of the day. I forced myself to just go down, turn on the recorder, and wank off of the piano for about half an hour, just to see if there could be some fortuitous mistakes/random bolts of inspiration, and I think there may ( Read more... )

I finally subscribed to The Week thismorning ( Read more... )

My house is driving me nuts, for some reason ( Read more... )

update: today I realized that Elvis Costello is an absolute genius. There are so few lyricists (these days, in the mainstream) whose words are actually worth listening to--he is in my top 5, for sure ( Read more... )

2 things that make this study morning, and last night, good ( Read more... )

Last time I posted I was still formulating an opinion on Kev Hopper's "Saurus"; now I am in love with it.
(Who was it that posted anonymously on my last entry about this album?)