2006 Music Postacular #1: Best Old Albums

Hey all! I’ve decided to do something a bit different this year. I’ve scribbled down a few (well, five) categories and made lists for each one.
Then, over the next week or so, I’m gonna write a post for each category with my list. Here are the categories:

The Best Old Albums I […]

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Various Band Tidbits

I’m pretty pleased with the momentum we’ve got right now in The Old-Fashioned Way. We’ve already booked three more shows after the one tomorrow at Make-Out Room; I can’t reveal details until the shows are 100% confirmed, but they have me excited. Plus, we got a nice writeup over at The Bay […]

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From The “Duh, I Already Knew That” Dept…

Emily Haines is highly boinkable:

Oh, and our show is tommorrow night, you should come.

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Who needs September anyways

Sorry for the recent silence. I have a few news items to relate.
A few weeks ago Yahoo! started a company-wide foosball tournament they dubbed “Foosapalooza”. It was a fundraiser for the Leukemia/Lymphoma Society of San Jose, and the entrance “fee” to the tournament was a donation to that charity. So I called […]

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When Jesus Closes a Door, He Opens a Window

He’s just magic like that. Here, I’ll give you a couple examples.
This weekend I had the lucky priviledge of attending the hot and sweaty Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago. Great bands, good company… all around good times. Highlights include watching John Darnielle making a gun with his fingers during Mission of Burma’s […]

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