All posts tagged mp3

who needs the sun when he goes away

I found myself in Boston once again. This time I had brought along a trav­eling com­panion, someone to act as a phở­tog­ra­pher and, per­haps, mit­i­gate (or at least doc­u­ment) the var­ious hor­rors that con­sis­tently befall me when­ever I attempt to do any­thing with my life besides huddle in a dark­ened room under a pile of […]

Rock Bottom

So I missed Total Bummer 2010 in Gainesville this weekend, and I’m a little sad all over myself. It really just slipped my mind. Now my days are staring at the ceiling, thinking it the sur­face of the sea above me. I like thinking about being under­water more than being under­water, and I appre­ciate songs […]

The Besnard Lakes Are the Subject of Our Latest Post

Have you ever read George R. R. Martin’s tran­scen­dent fan­tasy series A Song of Ice and Fire? I don’t much go in for fan­tasy, but this one came highly rec­om­mended. After reading the first volume I remember telling Ben, our res­i­dent sci-fi geek, that I liked it but sort of wished the story had taken […]

you won’t remember a thing

Let me con­fess some­thing. I tend to avoid pop­ular bands. All else being equal, I’m pretty sure I would like a band less just because it is pop­ular. I realize that sounds ter­rible, and no, it’s not to pre­serve my “hip­ster cred” or any­thing like that. Basi­cally, I want to like bands that I can […]

Don’t Worry About the Future — Joel’s 2009 Mix

I’m taking the Ben approach to my post this week and doing a recap of some under­rated hits from “the past”: up first, my most recent times, ’09. Since I have to show some dis­cre­tion, a bunch of good tunes got cut here – I really can’t jus­tify putting any­thing from Explorers or Second Family […]

how I spent my two and a half years in the wilderness, pt. 1

Hey there, loyal readers. Yes, all three of you! It’s me, Ben. How are you? Oh, that’s good. Me? I’m just fine, thanks. I recently got a haircut and a sand­wich and my very own pair of shoes! You know, it feels like it’s been years since I saw you. What’s that? It has? But how can […]