What is Truly His Own Unique Experience: Archive

Jul 31st

Jul 27th

Jul 14th

The best South African wines to drink while... →

To be honest, I stopped reading once Mr. Steinberger dropped this line: “Hamilton Russell turns out one of the best New World pinot noirs on the market, a subtle, elegant wine with a very Burgundian earthiness about it.” BUT, this slightly over-bearing piece — for those of us who don’t spend our days and nights nosing stemware — provides a nice recap of where the...

Jul 12th

A Foreign Game Looks Very American →

“This was huge, not because it put that foreign sport over the top, which is never the point, and not because it meant anything less about Algeria — a smaller nation and a skilled, competitive team — but because it felt like a sporting event that could unify America for a few screaming moments.”

Jun 24th

Jun 21st

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America vs. the Brits post-game rooftop sing-a-long, featuring friends from both nations (and one straggler from Australia!). Perhaps “Stand By Me” is fitting for such a gathering? Perhaps; but this would NOT have happened in England yesterday…

Jun 14th

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Jun 12th

Jun 10th

Old Time

When the doorbell rang I never presumed that it was him. A fortune lives behind those eyes, along that bending neck But I will never know, won’t ever want to know Because it would take time Young time, not old time. Old time rings a neighbor’s doorbell with a surprise Old time digs deep, undistracted, on its knees, for hours of sun Old time isn’t scared of the moon...

Jun 1st

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May 24th

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If you didn’t see this today, you should have. Man, America should like soccer more.

May 21st

Music to match your mood →

Feeling untroubled today? Having dinner with friends? Need to cry? There’s a playlist for that.

May 19th

The last decade in 7 minutes, according to some... →

Yeah I know the decade ended quite a few months ago now, but I just saw this video for the first time today and appreciated it. A few too many celebrity gossip clips, though, perhaps?

May 19th

May 17th

“Unlike New York or Shanghai, Reykjavik has no delusions of grandeur. It’s...”

– One of my complaints about New York thus far: It knows exactly how extraordinarily cool it is, and takes that reality way too seriously. An interesting take on Iceland’s biggest city from Eric Weiner, in The Geography of Bliss.

May 13th

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If you’re not on the Local Natives band-wagon yet, I suggest hopping on right this minute. Clearly, if this newly released music video for “World News” is any example, they seem to be enjoying their new-found success, enlisting the help of powerhouse directors, and still finding time to sip Hawaiian Punch with timelessly-sexy hipster ladies. They even found some extraneous...

May 12th

Former indie-Christian lead singer stumbles but... →

“After Bazan plays a cover of Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah,’ reinstating the sacrilegious verses left out of the best-known versions, someone shouts, ‘How’s your soul?’ Bazan looks up from tuning his guitar and says, ‘My soul? Oh, it’s fine.’ This elicits an ‘Amen, brother!’ from the back of the tent.” I found this...

May 4th

May 3rd

Is Indie Dead? →

The piece I just quoted from. Worth reading for anyone who categorically thinks of anything they’ve never heard before — paired up with a flannel shirt — as indie music.

May 3rd

“What makes indie such an odd example of a subculture being sold back to the...”

– Taken from Rachael Maddux’s “Is Indie Dead?” in the February 2010 issue of Paste

May 3rd

Apr 23rd

New Apartment/Life Photos, via my new Flickr page →

Apr 21st

An Evening With Belafonte/Make… My choice...

Apr 18th

Dancehall Queen - Robyn This song is a real good...

Apr 16th

Apr 13th

Untrust Us - Crystal Castles This song has been...

Mar 30th

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Jagjaguwar Introduces GAYNGS, New Album Relayted... →

All the coolest young artists from Minneapolis and Wisconsin teamed up for a big fat soulsy sing-a-long jam session. Wow I don’t even know what to expect from this one, but nearly soiled my pants while reading about it. Stream “The Current” ASAP to catch the released single, “Gaudy Side of Town.” I’m hoping they keep playing it…a lot.

Mar 27th

Tuesday Tunes These songs share a feeling that...

Mar 24th

“I don’t understand nice. Nice is a lazy one-syllable word and it says...”

– David Sedaris, Barrel Fever

Mar 23rd

I Remember - Yeasayer As my brother Erick wrote...

Mar 21st

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The new place! Lease signed yesterday. We’ll be on the 4th floor for 14 months, starting April 1st. Being on the fringe of Chinatown, the facade isn’t exactly lovely, but you can’t beat this location in the lower east side. Go ahead and see for yourself…explore!

Mar 17th

Dead And Gone [feat. Justin Ti… It was...

Mar 12th

"A compliment to an upwardly mobile existence..." →

I credit my mom for today’s posting. Ever the watch-woman for enlightening modern writings, she plucked this one from the New York Times today. It’s a topic that doesn’t get talked about much at the office or at the bar, but it’s one worth seriously analyzing. Culturally relevant…to the max.

Mar 9th

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This. Is. COOL.

Mar 5th