Whilst sharing a couple of pitchers of beer with one Tai Kim (aka the ice cream guru in charge of Scoops), I was informed that the two main beers brewed in Korea are spinoffs of Kirin and Saporo. They came about directly because of the era of Japan’s occupation of Korea. I’m intrigued and have [...]
Preview for Jon Brion at Largo for the LA Record. God bless that awesome magazine. I think there’s also a Willowz CD review in the troves of reviews of the current Urb, but I have yet to see it. Full review of Jon’s gig forthcoming once it runs next week. For now it should suffice [...]
I’m pretty sure this is as good as it gets. The shear joy of this made me think of that awesome Mountain Goats song about a certain jazz god, which made me want to listen to a certain Love Supreme. Based on the sole comment below, it clearly looks like the non-Kanye-ness of my earlier [...]
So part of this blog is for me to keep track of the occasional clips I accumulate (I ain’t trying to win any awards or anything, believe me). And on that note, Herzog preview for the LA Record
Is it too early to be nostalgic for hip-hop’s mainstream awesomeness of a few years ago? Regardless of where you stand on mainstream hip-hop’s lyrics and braggadocio, recall the sense of excitement when the Neptunes were in full swing producing everybody. Outkast came out and had not only the biggest song of the decade thus [...]
Credit should probably be given to one David Garza for being an all around awesome person. Insanely talented musician, David (pronounced Dah-veed since there should be an accent mark if I was a little less computer inept) is responsible for the title of this site. Blatantly lifting one of his prized lyrics, I’d be remiss [...]
Greetings and welcome to another unnecessary blog. Things should shape up around here shortly. I’ve got some urgently undiscussed issues regarding breakfast and the American way of life to get off my chest in an upcoming post.